Photo: Ken Winters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Public domainJobs and the daily commute in Sunset Bay
Sunset Bay has 205 jobs, and 137 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 30% of workers (New York 15%). Only 5% stay in Sunset Bay for work; outside it, Hanover is the main destination (26%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Sunset Bay on a workday
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Sunset Bay on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.50 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Sunset Bay work
Where Sunset Bay clocks in
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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Sunset Bay
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunset Bay, 2013 → 2023: 576 → 205. 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 Sunset Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sunset Bay
of Sunset Bay workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Sunset Bay
About 15% 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 Sunset Bay: questions
What is the median household income in Sunset Bay?
$66,731 (±$46,725) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunset Bay?
13.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sunset Bay work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hanover (26%, 5 mi), Pomfret (6%, 15 mi), Amherst (5%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sunset Bay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunset Bay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunset Bay
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.