Work & commute · Gila Bend

Work & commute in Gila Bend, AZ

About one in 5 of Gila Bend’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (22%), Mesa (5%) and Theba (5%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

125 of 572 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 447 Gila Bend residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 846 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gila Bend.

447live here, work elsewhere

125live and work here

846work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gila Bend goes to work

Gila Bend (in town)right here

22%125

Phoenix55.3 mi away

22%123

Mesa65.1 mi away

5%27

Theba10.6 mi away

5%26

Buckeye32.4 mi away

4%25

Casa Grande55.4 mi away

3%17

Glendale49.6 mi away

2%14

Scottsdale69.9 mi away

2%13

Tempe53.9 mi away

2%12

Gilbert61.2 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%179

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

How far

How far Gila Bend commutes

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

30%

20%

43%

30%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gila Bend is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gila Bend are

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

Jobs based in Gila Bend

971 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Gila Bend residents hold

572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+76%

Jobs based in Gila Bend, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 971. 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.