Work & commute · Keams Canyon

Work & commute in Keams Canyon, AZ

Most working residents leave Keams Canyon for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (13%), Kykotsmovi Village (11%) and Flagstaff (6%). Half commute less than 91 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

8 of 53 working residents

Typical commute

91 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 45 Keams Canyon residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keams Canyon.

45live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keams Canyon goes to work

Keams Canyon (in town)right here

15%8

Phoenix188.7 mi away

13%7

Kykotsmovi Village25.4 mi away

11%6

Flagstaff90.9 mi away

6%3

St. Michaels63.1 mi away

6%3

First Mesa9.3 mi away

6%3

Snowflake90 mi away

4%2

Scottsdale175.1 mi away

4%2

Whiteriver137.6 mi away

4%2

Thatcher209.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%16

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

How far

How far Keams Canyon commutes

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

19%

13%

65%

19%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

65%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keams Canyon is a job hub

5.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keams Canyon are

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

Jobs based in Keams Canyon

308 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Keams Canyon residents hold

53 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−24%

Jobs based in Keams Canyon, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 308. 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.