Work & commute · Lake Montezuma

Work & commute in Lake Montezuma, AZ

Most working residents leave Lake Montezuma for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Camp Verde (14%), Phoenix (14%) and Sedona (9%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

93 of 1,869 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,776 Lake Montezuma residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Montezuma.

1,776live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Montezuma goes to work

Camp Verde5.6 mi away

14%264

Phoenix75.4 mi away

14%261

Sedona15.3 mi away

9%176

Cottonwood13 mi away

7%139

Flagstaff39.3 mi away

7%133

Scottsdale65.9 mi away

5%93

Lake Montezuma (in town)right here

5%93

Prescott36.8 mi away

5%86

Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)10.2 mi away

2%42

Tempe86.6 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%542

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

How far

How far Lake Montezuma commutes

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

21%

24%

15%

40%

21%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Montezuma is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Montezuma are

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

Jobs based in Lake Montezuma

302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Lake Montezuma residents hold

1,869 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−14%

Jobs based in Lake Montezuma, 2013 → 2023: 352 → 302. 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.