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Work & commute in Congress, AZ

Most working residents leave Congress for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (28%), Wickenburg (8%) and Prescott (6%). Half commute less than 57 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
13 of 440 working residents
Typical commute
57 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
42 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 427 Congress residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Congress.

427live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
102work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Congress goes to work

TempePrescott ValleyWickenburgPeoriaScottsdalePhoenixPrescottSurpriseFlagstaffGlendaleBagdadPeeples ValleyWilhoitBlack Canyon CityCongressWilliamsonPhoenixWickenburgPrescottScottsdaleTempeGlendaleBagdadBlack Canyon CityPeoriaCongress
1
Phoenix59.9 mi away
28%124
2
Wickenburg12.8 mi away
8%36
3
Prescott38.6 mi away
6%26
4
Scottsdale66.1 mi away
4%17
5
Tempe75.3 mi away
4%16
6
Glendale57.8 mi away
3%13
7
Congress (in town)right here
3%13
8
Bagdad34.2 mi away
3%12
9
Black Canyon City42.9 mi away
3%11
10
Peoria38.9 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%163

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

How far

How far Congress commutes

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

7%Under 10 mi
10%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
61%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Congress is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Congress are

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

Jobs based in Congress

115 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Congress residents hold

440 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month53%
+35%

Jobs based in Congress, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 115. 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.

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