Another notable thing is that Sunrise Beach is a major vacation destination. Much of the village’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Sunrise Beach’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Sunrise Beach has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Sunrise Beach has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Sunrise Beach than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Sunrise Beach may be for you.
Being a small village, Sunrise Beach does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Sunrise Beach citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.97% of adults in Sunrise Beach have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sunrise Beach in 2022 was $28,632, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,528 for a family of four. However, Sunrise Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Sunrise Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sunrise Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sunrise Beach include German, Irish, French, English, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Sunrise Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
