Work & commute · Buckeye

Work & commute in Buckeye, AZ

Most working residents leave Buckeye for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (39%), Goodyear (7%) and Tempe (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3,597 of 44,343 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 40,746 Buckeye residents head out of town to work, 3,597 work right here, and 9,327 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckeye.

40,746live here, work elsewhere

3,597live and work here

9,327work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckeye goes to work

Phoenix33.2 mi away

39%17,195

Buckeye (in town)right here

8%3,597

Goodyear20.1 mi away

7%3,144

Tempe41 mi away

6%2,556

Mesa53.4 mi away

4%1,768

Scottsdale48.2 mi away

4%1,740

Glendale27 mi away

4%1,678

Avondale19.7 mi away

3%1,487

Chandler46.7 mi away

3%1,268

Tolleson22.3 mi away

2%946

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%8,964

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

How far

How far Buckeye commutes

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

15%

27%

50%

15%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckeye is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckeye are

12,924 jobs are based in Buckeye. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buckeye’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buckeye

12,924 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Buckeye residents hold

44,343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+76%

Jobs based in Buckeye, 2013 → 2023: 7,357 → 12,924. 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.