Work & commute · Morenci

Work & commute in Morenci, AZ

64% of Morenci’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Clifton (8%), Phoenix (5%) and Safford (3%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

64%

523 of 815 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

7 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 292 Morenci residents head out of town to work, 523 work right here, and 3,532 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morenci.

292live here, work elsewhere

523live and work here

3,532work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morenci goes to work

Morenci (in town)right here

64%523

Clifton3.5 mi away

8%67

Phoenix163.1 mi away

5%44

Safford26.2 mi away

3%24

Duncan25.6 mi away

2%17

Tucson109.2 mi away

2%14

Scottsdale152.2 mi away

1%8

Tempe151.9 mi away

1%7

Chandler146.5 mi away

1%6

Thatcher30.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

12%100

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

How far

How far Morenci commutes

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

73%

20%

73%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morenci is a job hub

4.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

5.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Morenci are

4,055 jobs are based in Morenci. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morenci’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morenci

4,055 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Morenci residents hold

815 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+35%

Jobs based in Morenci, 2013 → 2023: 3,012 → 4,055. 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.