Photo: SunsetValley · CC BY-SA 4.0Work means Austin for about two in three of Sunset Valley’s working residents
Hardly any work in Sunset Valley; the top destination outside it is Austin (71%, 6 miles). At home: 49% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Sunset Valley
Sunset Valley fills up on a workday
Sunset Valley has 2,421 jobs, 7.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,700 people are in town, 4 times the 610 who live here. Day and night ↓
More than half of Sunset Valley works in Austin
242 working residents, 71%, have their main job in Austin, 6.2 miles away. That’s far more as work in Sunset Valley itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Sunset Valley
49% of Sunset Valley workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 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; with 341 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Sunset Valley’s population more than triples on a workday
On a workday 341 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2,421 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Sunset Valley on a workday afternoon, 340% more than live here.
7.1 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.
Where the people who work in Sunset Valley live
Where Sunset Valley clocks in
71% 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 Sunset Valley spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunset Valley workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 185 commuters (the 49% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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 2,421 jobs based in Sunset Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunset Valley, 2013 → 2023: 1,865 → 2,421. 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 Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Sunset Valley commutes
About 17% 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 Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Sunset Valley?
$190,893 (±$45,091) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunset Valley?
2.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunset Valley?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 49% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunset Valley work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Sunset Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunset Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunset Valley
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.