Work & commute · Anthem

Work & commute in Anthem, AZ

Most working residents leave Anthem for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (51%), Scottsdale (11%) and Tempe (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

594 of 9,574 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,980 Anthem residents head out of town to work, 594 work right here, and 2,300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anthem.

8,980live here, work elsewhere

594live and work here

2,300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anthem goes to work

Phoenix19.1 mi away

51%4,862

Scottsdale18.9 mi away

11%1,073

Anthem (in town)right here

6%594

Tempe33.6 mi away

5%511

Glendale22 mi away

4%369

Chandler42.1 mi away

2%235

Mesa38.9 mi away

2%228

Peoria12.7 mi away

2%220

Tucson137.8 mi away

1%108

Gilbert43 mi away

1%98

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%1,276

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Anthem commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

14%

44%

37%

14%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anthem is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Anthem are

2,894 jobs are based in Anthem. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anthem’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Anthem

2,894 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Anthem residents hold

9,574 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+70%

Jobs based in Anthem, 2013 → 2023: 1,703 → 2,894. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.