Sunrise ShoresTX
607 residents make their home in this town in Texas.
Is Sunrise Shores a good place to live?
3.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Sunrise Shores, where Texas’ towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Sunrise Shores has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
607 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sunrise Shores.
With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Sunrise Shores’ workers commute out
Half of commuters travel less than 22 miles. The typical journey to work for Sunrise Shores is 30 minutes. The top destinations are Tyler (30%), Frankston (3%) and Dallas (3%).
| Sunrise Shores | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Sunrise Shores, expect mild winters and hot summers
In Sunrise Shores, the midsummer high is 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Sunrise Shores is
For adults in Sunrise Shores, the share who get no exercise outside work is 30%. Across all 31 CDC measures, Sunrise Shores beats Texas on 9 and trails on 11. Among adults locally, 17% report frequent physical distress and 18% smoke cigarettes.
| Sunrise Shores | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Sunrise Shores | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 12.2% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 13.2% | 16.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Sunrise Shores: cold waves
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Sunrise Shores than in 51% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 40% come from cold waves and 29% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Sunrise Shores sells for about $409K at the median
Sunrise Shores: 91% of households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sunrise Shores
Caldwell Zoo and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sunrise Shores. Close and well known come first.
17 mi Zoo & aquariumCaldwell Zoo
16 mi GardenRose Garden Center14 mi MuseumHistoric Aviation Memorial Museum
17 mi MuseumDiscovery Science Place22 mi GardenEast Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society
30 mi MuseumMuseum for East Texas CulturePhoto credits
Caldwell Zoo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rose Garden Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Discovery Science Place: Paul M. Budd, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum for East Texas Culture: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Sunrise Shores: who provides what
Sunrise Shores is unincorporated, so Henderson County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Sunrise Shores for work
Where Sunrise Shores’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Sunrise Shores; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Sunrise Shores residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Sunrise Shores
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Sunrise Shores is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, Texas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Sunrise Shores had a population of 598. It is on the eastern side of the county, on the west shore of Lake Palestine, a reservoir on the Neches River. It is 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Texas State Highway 155 at Coffee City, and it is 24 miles (39 km) east of Athens.
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- Area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 361 ft
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