Work & commute · First Mesa

Work & commute in First Mesa, AZ

Most working residents leave First Mesa for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Keams Canyon (18%), Kykotsmovi Village (13%) and Phoenix (8%). Half commute less than 65 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 204 working residents

Typical commute

65 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 193 First Mesa residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in First Mesa.

193live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where First Mesa goes to work

Keams Canyon9.3 mi away

18%36

Kykotsmovi Village16.2 mi away

13%27

Phoenix184.2 mi away

8%16

Cibecue124.7 mi away

6%12

First Mesa (in town)right here

5%11

St. Michaels72.3 mi away

4%9

Flagstaff83.3 mi away

4%8

Winslow59 mi away

2%5

Scottsdale170.9 mi away

2%5

Ganado46.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%70

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

How far

How far First Mesa commutes

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

10%

28%

58%

10%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

58%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

First Mesa is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in First Mesa are

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

Jobs based in First Mesa

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs First Mesa residents hold

204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+553%

Jobs based in First Mesa, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 98. 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.