Photo: Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Sunrise Manor (9.2%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Sunrise Manor is behind 76% of U.S. towns. Sunrise Manor grades C for jobs and income and A for walkability. Only 7% work in Sunrise Manor itself; outside it, Paradise draws the most (29%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Sunrise Manor apart
Much of Sunrise Manor works one town over
66% of working residents work in a town that borders Sunrise Manor: Paradise (29%), Las Vegas (22%) and North Las Vegas (12%). Next door ↓
Jobs in Sunrise Manor have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Sunrise Manor went from 17,077 in 2013 to 36,656 in 2023, +115%. The jobs ↓
Most Sunrise Manor residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 4% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Sunrise Manor’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Nevada average of 25. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Sunrise Manor’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sunrise Manor is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #35 of 42 in Nevada. Job access by car holds Sunrise Manor’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sunrise Manor could be anywhere from C− to C.
The 36,656 jobs based in Sunrise Manor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunrise Manor, 2013 → 2023: 17,077 → 36,656. 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 Manor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Sunrise Manor
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.
The trip to work from Sunrise Manor: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunrise Manor workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 78,364 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Nevada: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many people are in Sunrise Manor by day
On a workday 76,451 residents head out to work, 5,699 work right here, and 30,957 people come in from elsewhere.
About 155,000 people are in Sunrise Manor on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Out of Sunrise Manor to work: where people go
Where Sunrise Manor clocks in
29% of workers
22% of workers
12% 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.
Sunrise Manor is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 83,349 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 89% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 23% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 12.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.1% of Sunrise Manor households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Sunrise Manor’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Among U.S. towns of 140,000 to 270,000, Sunrise Manor ranks 115th of 137 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Hempstead NY | 238,982 | $158K | 4.5% | 4.1% | 20% | A |
| 2 | Frisco TX | 236,955 | $150K | 3.6% | 4.6% | 14% | A |
| 3 | Olathe KS | 150,025 | $114K | 5.6% | 2.7% | 26% | A |
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| 41 | Enterprise NV | 240,464 | $98K | 8.7% | 6.1% | 11% | B+ |
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| 73 | Spring Valley NV | 219,187 | $75K | 12.2% | 7.6% | 13% | B− |
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| 110 | Paradise NV | 185,913 | $59K | 17.6% | 9.8% | 37% | C |
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| 113 | Center Township IN | 155,258 | $55K | 24.7% | 6.8% | 32% | C |
| 114 | Paterson NJ | 161,793 | $56K | 21.2% | 10.7% | 18% | C |
| 115 | Sunrise Manor NV | 200,218 | $58K | 20.2% | 9.2% | 7% | C |
| 116 | Thornton Township IL | 152,667 | $59K | 20.8% | 11.8% | 14% | C |
| 117 | Bridgeport CT | 152,273 | $59K | 21.0% | 9.0% | 21% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Macon-Bibb County GA | 157,556 | $51K | 24.7% | 8.1% | 53% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sunrise Manor, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
Work next door: 66% of Sunrise Manor’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sunrise Manor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Manor | – | C | A | 28 min | $58,421 |
| Las Vegas | 22% | B− | A | 26 min | $73,877 |
| Whitney | under 1% | C+ | A− | 28 min | $67,155 |
| North Las Vegas | 12% | B− | A− | 27 min | $79,542 |
| Nellis AFB | under 1% | B+ | A− | 17 min | $68,652 |
| Paradise | 29% | C | A+ | 23 min | $59,190 |
| Winchester | 3% | C− | A+ | 26 min | $50,120 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Paradise. Darker towns draw more of Sunrise Manor’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Manor: questions
What is the median household income in Sunrise Manor?
$58,421 (±$2,527) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunrise Manor?
20.2%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunrise Manor?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunrise Manor work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paradise (29%, 8 mi), Las Vegas (22%, 13 mi), North Las Vegas (12%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sunrise Manor walkable?
Sunrise Manor is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sunrise Manor without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 23% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunrise Manor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunrise Manor
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.