Work & commute · Bullhead

Work & commute in Bullhead, AZ

About one in 4 of Bullhead’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Laughlin (18%), Phoenix (8%) and Fort Mohave (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

3,800 of 14,800 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 11,000 Bullhead residents head out of town to work, 3,800 work right here, and 5,147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bullhead.

11,000live here, work elsewhere

3,800live and work here

5,147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bullhead goes to work

Bullhead City (in town)right here

26%3,800

Laughlin, NV3.8 mi away

18%2,643

Phoenix177 mi away

8%1,171

Fort Mohave8.8 mi away

6%916

Kingman31.4 mi away

4%594

Las Vegas, NV86.1 mi away

3%465

Lake Havasu City45.5 mi away

3%407

Paradise, NV73.9 mi away

2%281

Henderson, NV66.1 mi away

1%206

Scottsdale183.1 mi away

1%189

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%4,128

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

How far

How far Bullhead commutes

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

50%

38%

50%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bullhead is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bullhead are

8,947 jobs are based in Bullhead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bullhead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bullhead

8,947 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Bullhead residents hold

14,800 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+16%

Jobs based in Bullhead, 2013 → 2023: 7,709 → 8,947. 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.