Work & commute · Bagdad

Work & commute in Bagdad, AZ

53% of Bagdad’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (18%), Prescott (4%) and Tempe (2%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

324 of 613 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 289 Bagdad residents head out of town to work, 324 work right here, and 842 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bagdad.

289live here, work elsewhere

324live and work here

842work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bagdad goes to work

Bagdad (in town)right here

53%324

Phoenix93.2 mi away

18%108

Prescott41.5 mi away

4%23

Tempe108.8 mi away

2%10

Peoria72.1 mi away

1%9

Scottsdale97.3 mi away

1%9

Mesa116.7 mi away

1%9

Chandler117.3 mi away

1%8

Glendale91.6 mi away

1%7

Tusayan112.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%101

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

How far

How far Bagdad commutes

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

54%

41%

54%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bagdad is a job hub

1.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bagdad are

1,166 jobs are based in Bagdad. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bagdad’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bagdad

1,166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Bagdad residents hold

613 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+16%

Jobs based in Bagdad, 2013 → 2023: 1,003 → 1,166. 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.