Work & commute · Jerome

Work & commute in Jerome, AZ

Most working residents leave Jerome for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cottonwood (15%), Phoenix (14%) and Sedona (13%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 132 Jerome residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 348 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jerome.

132live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

348work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jerome goes to work

Cottonwood7 mi away

15%20

Phoenix81.2 mi away

14%19

Sedona19.4 mi away

13%17

Prescott22 mi away

12%16

Prescott Valley15.8 mi away

7%9

Clarkdale2.8 mi away

5%7

Flagstaff41 mi away

4%6

Tempe94.4 mi away

4%5

Jerome (in town)right here

2%3

Camp Verde18.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%30

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

How far

How far Jerome commutes

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

22%

36%

33%

22%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jerome is a job hub

2.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jerome are

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

Jobs based in Jerome

351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Jerome residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+19%

Jobs based in Jerome, 2013 → 2023: 294 → 351. 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.