Work & commute · Maricopa

Work & commute in Maricopa, AZ

Most working residents leave Maricopa for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (30%), Tempe (12%) and Chandler (12%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,576 of 32,758 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30,182 Maricopa residents head out of town to work, 2,576 work right here, and 2,852 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maricopa.

30,182live here, work elsewhere

2,576live and work here

2,852work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maricopa goes to work

Phoenix37 mi away

30%9,709

Tempe24.4 mi away

12%3,867

Chandler18.9 mi away

12%3,830

Maricopa (in town)right here

8%2,576

Mesa29.9 mi away

6%1,832

Scottsdale45.2 mi away

5%1,698

Gilbert24.2 mi away

3%1,097

Tucson90.2 mi away

3%987

Casa Grande16.8 mi away

2%636

Glendale35.6 mi away

2%555

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%5,971

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

How far

How far Maricopa commutes

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

10%

34%

48%

10%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

48%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maricopa 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 Maricopa are

5,428 jobs are based in Maricopa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maricopa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Maricopa

5,428 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Maricopa residents hold

32,758 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+53%

Jobs based in Maricopa, 2013 → 2023: 3,543 → 5,428. 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.