Work & commute · Kearny

Work & commute in Kearny, AZ

Most working residents leave Kearny for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (18%), Mesa (8%) and Tempe (5%). Half commute less than 56 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 635 working residents

Typical commute

56 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 592 Kearny residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kearny.

592live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kearny goes to work

Phoenix77 mi away

18%115

Mesa52.4 mi away

8%50

Kearny (in town)right here

7%43

Tempe63.5 mi away

5%29

Chandler56.8 mi away

4%27

Tucson62.5 mi away

4%25

Scottsdale70.1 mi away

4%24

Hayden8.5 mi away

3%17

Miami23.5 mi away

3%16

Claypool24.5 mi away

3%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%273

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

How far

How far Kearny commutes

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

24%

11%

58%

24%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

58%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kearny is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kearny are

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

Jobs based in Kearny

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Kearny residents hold

635 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+2%

Jobs based in Kearny, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 160. 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.