Photo: Kingofthedead · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 3.3 jobs in Sunriver for every working resident, and 1,445 people commute in
The two grades for Sunriver are B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Employers in Sunriver report 1,498 jobs; 456 of its residents have a job. 52% of workers have no commute at all, where Oregon as a whole has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Sunriver
Sunriver has far more jobs than workers
Sunriver has 1,498 jobs, 3.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,500 people are in town, 70% more than the 1,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Sunriver
52% of Sunriver workers work from home, against 19% across Oregon. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
52% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 456 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Sunriver’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Sunriver is better than 48% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Sunriver’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Sunriver’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sunriver could be anywhere from D to A−.
Who works in Sunriver, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 403 residents head out to work and 53 work right here.
About 2,500 people are in Sunriver on a workday afternoon, 70% more than live here.
3.3 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 daily trip from Sunriver: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunriver workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 209 commuters (the 52% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 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.
The distance from Sunriver to work
About 52% 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.
Where the people who work in Sunriver live
Where Sunriver clocks in
22% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Sunriver
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunriver, 2013 → 2023: 1,218 → 1,498. 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 Sunriver’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Sunriver is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sunriver is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.4% across Oregon.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 436 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 14% 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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). 0.0% of Sunriver households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sunriver’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sunriver next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000: 2,339th of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Dunthorpe OR | 1,875 | $250K | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 197 | Boring OR | 1,869 | $159K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Stafford OR | 1,600 | $163K | 6.9% | 5.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,337 | Magnolia Township IL | 1,014 | $86K | 7.9% | 2.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,338 | Burrton Township KS | 1,011 | $80K | 9.6% | 6.0% | 5% | B− |
| 2,339 | Sunriver OR | 1,488 | $82K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 12% | B− |
| 2,340 | Garretson SD | 1,174 | $60K | 5.3% | 6.4% | 5% | B− |
| 2,341 | Malta Township IL | 1,528 | $85K | 17.7% | 2.1% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Sunriver, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
Sunriver and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sunriver workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunriver | – | B− | C+ | 25 min | $82,287 |
| Three Rivers | under 2% | C+ | B− | 24 min | $87,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sunriver’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 Sunriver: questions
What is the median household income in Sunriver?
$82,287 (±$33,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunriver?
6.7%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunriver?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 52% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunriver work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bend (22%, 14 mi), Portland (8%, 129 mi), Salem (6%, 106 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sunriver walkable?
Sunriver is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sunriver without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunriver, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunriver
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.