Sunburg has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Employers in Sunburg report 20 jobs, and 43 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Sunburg for work; outside it, Willmar is the main destination (35%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Sunburg, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 69 people are in Sunburg on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Sunburg to work: where people go
Where Sunburg clocks in
35% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Sunburg is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunburg, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 20. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sunburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Sunburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunburg workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Sunburg
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Sunburg: questions
What is the median household income in Sunburg?
$48,750 (±$31,963) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunburg?
17.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunburg?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willmar (35%, 18 mi), New London (5%, 15 mi), St. Paul (5%, 108 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sunburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.