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Work & commute in Cowlic · A commuter town

100% of Cowlic’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Cowlic for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (14%), Page (7%) and Phoenix (7%). Half commute less than 58 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 14 working residents
Typical commute
58 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Jobs based here
0
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Cowlic?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

14% of working residents work in Tucson

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Page: 1 residents work here (7%)Tucson: 2 residents work here (14%)Phoenix: 1 residents work here (7%)Casa Grande: 1 residents work here (7%)CowlicSells: 1 residents work here (7%)Drexel Heights: 1 residents work here (7%)TucsonPagePhoenixCasa GrandeSellsDrexel HeightsCowlic
1
Tucson69.7 mi away
14%2
2
Page356 mi away
7%1
3
Phoenix122.3 mi away
7%1
4
Casa Grande77.3 mi away
7%1
5
Sells10.6 mi away
7%1
6
Drexel Heights59.9 mi away
7%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%7
The top trips

Where Cowlic clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Cowlic quiets down on a workday

On a workday 14 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

14live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night25
Workday11
25live here− 14head out to work+ 0come in to work= 11on a workday

About 11 people are in Cowlic on a workday afternoon, 56% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Cowlic commutes less than 58 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miTucson: 14% · 69.7 miPage: 7% · 356 miPhoenix: 7% · 122.3 miCasa Grande: 7% · 77.3 miSells: 7% · 10.6 miDrexel Heights: 7% · 59.9 miTucson 14%Page 7%Phoenix 7%Casa Grande 7%Sells 7%Cowlic
CowlicTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
7%10–24 mi1 residents
36%25–50 mi5 residents
57%Over 50 mi8 residents

About 57% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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