Work & commute · Joseph

Work & commute in Joseph, AZ

Most working residents leave Joseph for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Winslow (20%), Phoenix (14%) and Holbrook (9%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

31 of 289 working residents

Typical commute

59 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 258 Joseph residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Joseph.

258live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Joseph goes to work

Winslow21.9 mi away

20%57

Phoenix139.1 mi away

14%41

Joseph City (in town)right here

11%31

Holbrook10 mi away

9%27

Mesa134 mi away

5%15

Flagstaff74.6 mi away

2%7

Tempe142.3 mi away

2%6

Show Low51 mi away

2%6

Snowflake33.4 mi away

2%5

Scottsdale124.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%89

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

How far

How far Joseph commutes

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

14%

28%

54%

14%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Joseph is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Joseph are

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

Jobs based in Joseph

258 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Joseph residents hold

289 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month36%

+23%

Jobs based in Joseph, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 258. 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.