Sunset has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Texas 14%). Sunset has 25 jobs for 259 working residents. Hardly any work in Sunset; the top destination outside it is Bowie (14%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sunset, in brief
Sunset is a place people come home to
There are 25 jobs based in Sunset, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sunset has about 170 people in it, 58% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
48% 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 ↓
Few Sunset workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 259 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Sunset, and who commutes in
On a workday 258 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Sunset on a workday afternoon, 58% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from Sunset
About 48% 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.
Working from home in Sunset
of Sunset workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 120 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where the trip to work from Sunset ends
Where Sunset clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
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.
Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Sunset
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunset, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 25. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sunset?
17.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sunset work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bowie (14%, 9 mi), Fort Worth (10%, 52 mi), Decatur (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sunset 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunset
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.