Work & commute · Eagar

Work & commute in Eagar, AZ

Most working residents leave Eagar for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Springerville (24%), Phoenix (7%) and Greer (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

164 of 1,405 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,241 Eagar residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 316 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagar.

1,241live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

316work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eagar goes to work

Springerville4.5 mi away

24%333

Eagar (in town)right here

12%164

Phoenix164.3 mi away

7%105

Greer11.5 mi away

6%84

St. Johns27.5 mi away

5%72

Show Low43.5 mi away

4%54

Tempe159.1 mi away

2%33

Scottsdale149.7 mi away

2%23

Mesa147.1 mi away

2%23

Pinetop-Lakeside38.1 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%493

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

How far

How far Eagar commutes

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

36%

13%

18%

32%

36%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eagar is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eagar are

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

Jobs based in Eagar

480 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Eagar residents hold

1,405 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−1%

Jobs based in Eagar, 2013 → 2023: 485 → 480. 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.