Photo: Roastedbeanz1 · CC BY 4.0There are 3.1 jobs in Sunrise Beach for every working resident, and 539 people commute in
Sunrise Beach has 564 jobs; 180 of its residents have a job. About one in seven work in Sunrise Beach itself; outside it, Osage Beach draws the most (7%, 8 miles). Working residents average 24 minutes each way, about the same as across Missouri.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Sunrise Beach: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 155 residents head out to work and 25 work right here.
About 920 people are in Sunrise Beach on a workday afternoon, 72% more than live here.
3.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Sunrise Beach
Where Sunrise Beach clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Sunrise Beach
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunrise Beach, 2013 → 2023: 509 → 564. 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 Sunrise Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, about the MO average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunrise Beach workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 131 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Sunrise Beach goes to work
About 33% 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 Sunrise Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Sunrise Beach?
$55,625 (±$17,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunrise Beach?
9.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunrise Beach?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunrise Beach work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Osage Beach (7%, 8 mi), Laurie (6%, 4 mi), Camdenton (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sunrise Beach without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunrise Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunrise Beach
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.