Work & commute · El Mirage

Work & commute in El Mirage, AZ

Most working residents leave El Mirage for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (43%), Glendale (7%) and Surprise (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

211 of 16,217 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,006 El Mirage residents head out of town to work, 211 work right here, and 2,241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Mirage.

16,006live here, work elsewhere

211live and work here

2,241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where El Mirage goes to work

Phoenix13.7 mi away

43%6,897

Glendale8.8 mi away

7%1,205

Surprise9.1 mi away

7%1,077

Peoria14.3 mi away

5%840

Tempe26.7 mi away

5%782

Scottsdale27.6 mi away

4%727

Goodyear23.3 mi away

4%638

Mesa37.6 mi away

3%426

Chandler34.7 mi away

2%359

Avondale19.1 mi away

2%291

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%2,975

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

How far

How far El Mirage commutes

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

27%

54%

13%

27%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

El Mirage is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Mirage are

2,452 jobs are based in El Mirage. Here is what they are, next to the jobs El Mirage’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in El Mirage

2,452 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs El Mirage residents hold

16,217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+30%

Jobs based in El Mirage, 2013 → 2023: 1,891 → 2,452. 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.