Work & commute · Bluewater

Work & commute in Bluewater, AZ

Most working residents leave Bluewater for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Parker (23%), Phoenix (8%) and Lake Havasu City (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 279 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 262 Bluewater residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bluewater.

262live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bluewater goes to work

Parker9.6 mi away

23%65

Phoenix131.4 mi away

8%23

Bluewater (in town)right here

6%17

Lake Havasu City22.9 mi away

5%14

Parker Strip10.3 mi away

3%8

Las Vegas, NV153.3 mi away

3%7

Mesa155.7 mi away

2%6

Prescott107.6 mi away

2%5

Kingman73.7 mi away

1%4

Scottsdale141.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%126

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

How far

How far Bluewater commutes

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

44%

10%

41%

44%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bluewater is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bluewater are

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

Jobs based in Bluewater

262 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Bluewater residents hold

279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−55%

Jobs based in Bluewater, 2013 → 2023: 582 → 262. 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.