Work & commute · Beaver Dam

Work & commute in Beaver Dam, AZ

Most working residents leave Beaver Dam for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Mesquite (25%), St. George (16%) and Las Vegas (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

38 of 347 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 309 Beaver Dam residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaver Dam.

309live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

175work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beaver Dam goes to work

Mesquite, NV12.4 mi away

25%88

St. George, UT23.1 mi away

16%54

Beaver Dam (in town)right here

11%38

Las Vegas, NV87.1 mi away

5%17

Paradise, NV87.4 mi away

4%14

North Las Vegas, NV76.9 mi away

3%11

Henderson, NV86.7 mi away

2%8

Hurricane, UT35.9 mi away

2%8

Scenic8.9 mi away

2%8

Chandler276.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%94

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

How far

How far Beaver Dam commutes

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

15%

43%

39%

15%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beaver Dam is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaver Dam are

213 jobs are based in Beaver Dam. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beaver Dam’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beaver Dam

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Beaver Dam residents hold

347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+151%

Jobs based in Beaver Dam, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 213. 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.