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Work & commute in Del Muerto · A commuter town

100% of Del Muerto’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Del Muerto for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chinle (32%), St. Michaels (16%) and Scottsdale (7%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 44 working residents
Typical commute
39 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
14%
Less than AZ (18%)
Jobs based here
0
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Del Muerto?

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

★ What stands out · The commute map

32% of working residents work in Chinle

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

Pinetop-Lakeside: 1 residents work here (2%)Holbrook: 1 residents work here (2%)Tempe: 2 residents work here (5%)Scottsdale: 3 residents work here (7%)Goodyear: 1 residents work here (2%)Mesa: 2 residents work here (5%)Gallup: 1 residents work here (2%)Ephraim: 1 residents work here (2%)Del MuertoSt. Michaels: 7 residents work here (16%)Chinle: 14 residents work here (32%)ChinleSt. MichaelsScottsdaleTempeMesaPinetop-LakesideDel Muerto
1
Chinle8.4 mi away
32%14
2
St. Michaels41.1 mi away
16%7
3
Scottsdale220.9 mi away
7%3
4
Tempe239.7 mi away
5%2
5
Mesa232 mi away
5%2
6
Pinetop-Lakeside144 mi away
2%1
7
Holbrook97.7 mi away
2%1
8
Goodyear262.2 mi away
2%1
9
Gallup, NM60.6 mi away
2%1
10
Ephraim, UT248.6 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
25%11
The top trips

Where Del Muerto clocks in

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

Day and night

Del Muerto quiets down on a workday

On a workday 44 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

44live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night440
Workday400
440live here− 44head out to work+ 0come in to work= 400on a workday

About 400 people are in Del Muerto on a workday afternoon, 10% 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 Del Muerto commutes less than 39 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 miChinle: 32% · 8.4 miSt. Michaels: 16% · 41.1 miScottsdale: 7% · 220.9 miTempe: 5% · 239.7 miMesa: 5% · 232 miPinetop-Lakeside: 2% · 144 miHolbrook: 2% · 97.7 miGoodyear: 2% · 262.2 miGallup: 2% · 60.6 miEphraim: 2% · 248.6 miChinle 32%St. Michaels 16%Scottsdale 7%Tempe 5%Mesa 5%Del Muerto
Del MuertoTop destinations (size = commuters)
25%Under 10 mi11 residents
16%10–24 mi7 residents
25%25–50 mi11 residents
34%Over 50 mi15 residents

About 34% 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Del Muerto

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
14%

of Del Muerto workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
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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