Photo: Tedder · CC BY-SA 4.0Sunland Estates has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
16 jobs are based in Sunland Estates for 68 working residents. Hardly any work in Sunland Estates itself; outside it, Moses Lake draws the most (19%, 36 miles). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Washington 20%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Sunland Estates for work, and who comes in
On a workday 68 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 39 people are in Sunland Estates on a workday afternoon, 57% 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.
Where the trip to work from Sunland Estates ends
Where Sunland Estates clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 44% of the jobs in Sunland Estates
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunland Estates, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 16. 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 Sunland Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sunland Estates
of Sunland Estates workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% 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 Sunland Estates to work
About 21% 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 Sunland Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Sunland Estates?
$80,156 (±$28,857) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunland Estates?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sunland Estates work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moses Lake (19%, 36 mi), Quincy (7%, 14 mi), Wenatchee (6%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sunland Estates 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 Sunland Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunland Estates
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.