Work & commute · Cottonwood

Work & commute in Cottonwood, AZ

About one in 5 of Cottonwood’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (14%), Sedona (13%) and Flagstaff (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

1,141 of 5,155 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 4,014 Cottonwood residents head out of town to work, 1,141 work right here, and 4,084 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cottonwood.

4,014live here, work elsewhere

1,141live and work here

4,084work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cottonwood goes to work

Cottonwood (in town)right here

22%1,141

Phoenix81.7 mi away

14%711

Sedona13.1 mi away

13%652

Flagstaff36.5 mi away

7%381

Prescott28.5 mi away

5%242

Scottsdale74 mi away

4%229

Camp Verde14.5 mi away

4%206

Clarkdale4.2 mi away

3%174

Mesa94.6 mi away

2%82

Verde Village2.8 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,257

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

How far

How far Cottonwood commutes

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

31%

22%

13%

35%

31%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cottonwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cottonwood are

5,225 jobs are based in Cottonwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cottonwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cottonwood

5,225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Cottonwood residents hold

5,155 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+12%

Jobs based in Cottonwood, 2013 → 2023: 4,671 → 5,225. 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.