Work & commute · Lazy Y U

Work & commute in Lazy Y U, AZ

Most working residents leave Lazy Y U for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kingman (29%), Phoenix (12%) and McConnico (6%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 137 Lazy Y U residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lazy Y U.

137live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lazy Y U goes to work

Kingman6 mi away

29%40

Phoenix152.2 mi away

12%16

McConnico7.1 mi away

6%8

Lake Havasu City48.1 mi away

4%5

Scottsdale156.5 mi away

2%3

Yuma184.2 mi away

2%3

Henderson, NV84.3 mi away

2%3

Las Vegas, NV105 mi away

2%3

Prescott Valley100.7 mi away

1%2

Buckeye140.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%54

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

How far

How far Lazy Y U commutes

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

41%

47%

41%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lazy Y U is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lazy Y U are

24 jobs are based in Lazy Y U. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lazy Y U’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lazy Y U

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Lazy Y U residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+300%

Jobs based in Lazy Y U, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 24. 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.