Work & commute · Cactus Flats

Work & commute in Cactus Flats, AZ

Most working residents leave Cactus Flats for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Safford (37%), Morenci (9%) and Tucson (8%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 535 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 534 Cactus Flats residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cactus Flats.

534live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cactus Flats goes to work

Safford5.2 mi away

37%196

Morenci30.5 mi away

9%48

Tucson79.1 mi away

8%42

Phoenix148 mi away

7%35

Thatcher4.4 mi away

5%29

Pima11.6 mi away

2%11

Tempe135.1 mi away

1%6

Marana84.7 mi away

1%6

Chandler128.6 mi away

1%6

Sierra Vista89.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%150

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

How far

How far Cactus Flats commutes

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

51%

11%

35%

51%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cactus Flats is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cactus Flats are

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

Jobs based in Cactus Flats

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Cactus Flats residents hold

535 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−72%

Jobs based in Cactus Flats, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 12. 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.