Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0At 1.4%, unemployment in Sunbury is lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Sunbury is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Sunbury are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 23% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sunbury, in a few figures
40% of Sunbury works in Columbus
1,362 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Columbus, 19 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Sunbury itself. The commute map ↓
A lot of Sunbury works from home
23% of Sunbury workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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.
Where Sunbury’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sunbury is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #63 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Sunbury’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sunbury could be anywhere from A− to A+.
40% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Sunbury clocks in
40% of workers
7% 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.
How long Sunbury spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunbury workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,235 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
The daily commute in and out of Sunbury
On a workday 3,248 residents head out to work, 169 work right here, and 2,578 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 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.
In Sunbury, 28% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
2,747 jobs are based in Sunbury.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunbury, 2013 → 2023: 2,179 → 2,747. 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 Sunbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Sunbury’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Most trips from Sunbury start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sunbury is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #453 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,183 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.1% of Sunbury households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sunbury’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Sunbury is 199th of 2,907 U.S. towns of 6,200 to 12,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 197 | Delano MN | 7,788 | $110K | 4.0% | 1.9% | 16% | A+ |
| 198 | Oak Ridge NC | 7,896 | $155K | 3.6% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 199 | Sunbury OH | 8,857 | $109K | 5.2% | 1.4% | 5% | A+ |
| 200 | Perkiomen Township PA | 8,965 | $154K | 4.6% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 201 | Schuylkill Township PA | 8,960 | $172K | 2.7% | 3.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,907 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Sunbury, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Sunbury
The biggest share goes to Berkshire Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sunbury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunbury | – | A+ | B− | 27 min | $108,787 |
| Berkshire Township | 2% | A | B | 31 min | $145,091 |
| Trenton Township | under 2% | A+ | C− | 27 min | $136,667 |
| Galena | under 2% | A− | B | 29 min | $134,830 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sunbury’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 Sunbury: questions
What is the median household income in Sunbury?
$108,787 (±$15,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunbury?
5.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunbury?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunbury work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (40%, 19 mi), Westerville (7%, 8 mi), Dublin (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sunbury walkable?
Sunbury is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sunbury without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunbury
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.