Work & commute · Cave Creek

Work & commute in Cave Creek, AZ

Most working residents leave Cave Creek for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (39%), Scottsdale (17%) and Tempe (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

117 of 1,898 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,781 Cave Creek residents head out of town to work, 117 work right here, and 2,053 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cave Creek.

1,781live here, work elsewhere

117live and work here

2,053work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cave Creek goes to work

Phoenix19.3 mi away

39%748

Scottsdale12.6 mi away

17%317

Tempe31.1 mi away

8%153

Cave Creek (in town)right here

6%117

Mesa33.8 mi away

3%65

Chandler39 mi away

3%64

Carefree4.1 mi away

3%60

Glendale24.1 mi away

2%44

Tucson132.9 mi away

2%32

Gilbert38.7 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%274

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

How far

How far Cave Creek commutes

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

18%

41%

34%

18%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cave Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cave Creek are

2,170 jobs are based in Cave Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cave Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cave Creek

2,170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Cave Creek residents hold

1,898 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+36%

Jobs based in Cave Creek, 2013 → 2023: 1,597 → 2,170. 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.