Work & commute · Florence

Work & commute in Florence, AZ

Most working residents leave Florence for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (24%), Mesa (10%) and Tempe (7%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

539 of 6,283 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,744 Florence residents head out of town to work, 539 work right here, and 3,009 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Florence.

5,744live here, work elsewhere

539live and work here

3,009work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Florence goes to work

Phoenix52.3 mi away

24%1,477

Mesa28.7 mi away

10%603

Florence (in town)right here

9%539

Tempe37.2 mi away

7%432

Chandler29.3 mi away

6%373

Tucson70.8 mi away

5%309

Gilbert25.4 mi away

5%289

Scottsdale49.7 mi away

4%245

Queen Creek16.5 mi away

2%148

Casa Grande23.2 mi away

2%107

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,761

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

How far

How far Florence commutes

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

10%

12%

45%

33%

10%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Florence is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Florence are

3,548 jobs are based in Florence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Florence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Florence

3,548 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Florence residents hold

6,283 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−21%

Jobs based in Florence, 2013 → 2023: 4,478 → 3,548. 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.