Work & commute · Fountain Hills

Work & commute in Fountain Hills, AZ

Most working residents leave Fountain Hills for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (30%), Scottsdale (21%) and Tempe (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,225 of 8,918 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,693 Fountain Hills residents head out of town to work, 1,225 work right here, and 3,590 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fountain Hills.

7,693live here, work elsewhere

1,225live and work here

3,590work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fountain Hills goes to work

Phoenix20.4 mi away

30%2,656

Scottsdale8.8 mi away

21%1,875

Fountain Hills (in town)right here

14%1,225

Tempe18.8 mi away

9%813

Mesa14.5 mi away

6%491

Chandler23.4 mi away

3%299

Gilbert20.4 mi away

2%140

Tucson112.4 mi away

1%113

Glendale26.5 mi away

1%109

Peoria36.9 mi away

1%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%1,122

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

How far

How far Fountain Hills commutes

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

26%

60%

26%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fountain Hills is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fountain Hills are

4,815 jobs are based in Fountain Hills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fountain Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fountain Hills

4,815 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Fountain Hills residents hold

8,918 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+16%

Jobs based in Fountain Hills, 2013 → 2023: 4,137 → 4,815. 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.