Work & commute · Avondale

Work & commute in Avondale, AZ

Most working residents leave Avondale for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (45%), Tempe (7%) and Goodyear (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,286 of 43,627 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 41,341 Avondale residents head out of town to work, 2,286 work right here, and 20,252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avondale.

41,341live here, work elsewhere

2,286live and work here

20,252work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avondale goes to work

Phoenix22.6 mi away

45%19,765

Tempe23.6 mi away

7%3,027

Goodyear4.6 mi away

6%2,691

Avondale (in town)right here

5%2,286

Glendale17.2 mi away

5%2,169

Scottsdale37.3 mi away

4%1,885

Mesa36 mi away

4%1,625

Tolleson10.3 mi away

3%1,514

Chandler27.8 mi away

3%1,307

Peoria33.4 mi away

2%1,001

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%6,357

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

How far

How far Avondale commutes

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

30%

52%

13%

30%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avondale is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Avondale are

22,538 jobs are based in Avondale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avondale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Avondale

22,538 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Avondale residents hold

43,627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+91%

Jobs based in Avondale, 2013 → 2023: 11,784 → 22,538. 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.