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Work & commute in Maish Vaya · A commuter town

94% of Maish Vaya’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Maish Vaya for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (24%), Sells (24%) and Scottsdale (6%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Work in town
6%
1 of 17 working residents
Typical commute
41 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
0%
Less than AZ (18%)
Jobs based here
4
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Maish Vaya?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

24% of working residents work in Phoenix

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Queen CreekGilbertScottsdale: 1 residents work here (6%)Phoenix: 4 residents work here (24%)Casa Grande: 1 residents work here (6%)Maish VayaSanta RosaSells: 4 residents work here (24%)PhoenixSellsScottsdaleCasa GrandeMaish Vaya
1
Phoenix96.9 mi away
24%4
2
Sells23.1 mi away
24%4
3
Scottsdale105.8 mi away
6%1
4
Casa Grande55.3 mi away
6%1
5
Maish Vaya (in town)right here
6%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%6
The top trips

Where Maish Vaya clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Maish Vaya quiets down on a workday

On a workday 16 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

16live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night38
Workday25
38live here− 16head out to work+ 3come in to work= 25on a workday

About 25 people are in Maish Vaya on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.24jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Maish Vaya commutes less than 41 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPhoenix: 24% · 96.9 miSells: 24% · 23.1 miScottsdale: 6% · 105.8 miCasa Grande: 6% · 55.3 miPhoenix 24%Sells 24%Scottsdale 6%Casa Grande 6%Maish Vaya
Maish VayaTop destinations (size = commuters)
6%Under 10 mi1 residents
24%10–24 mi4 residents
35%25–50 mi6 residents
35%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 35% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in Maish VayaJobs Maish Vaya residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%6%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices100%76%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%6%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%24%
Over $3,333 a month0%71%

Who does it

29 or younger75%6%
30 to 5425%76%
55 and older0%18%
−50%

Jobs based in Maish Vaya, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 4. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Maish Vaya

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
0%

of Maish Vaya workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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