Work & commute · Parker

Work & commute in Parker, AZ

About one in 4 of Parker’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (7%), Bluewater (5%) and Lake Havasu City (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

503 of 1,765 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 1,262 Parker residents head out of town to work, 503 work right here, and 1,115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parker.

1,262live here, work elsewhere

503live and work here

1,115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parker goes to work

Parker (in town)right here

28%503

Phoenix126.8 mi away

7%130

Bluewater9.6 mi away

5%94

Lake Havasu City32.5 mi away

3%47

Cienega Springs11.4 mi away

2%43

Kingman82.7 mi away

2%36

Utting21.9 mi away

2%31

Yuma106.6 mi away

1%17

Scottsdale137.9 mi away

1%15

Bullhead City77.8 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%834

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

How far

How far Parker commutes

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

63%

27%

63%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parker is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Parker are

1,618 jobs are based in Parker. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parker’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Parker

1,618 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Parker residents hold

1,765 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

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Jobs based in Parker, 2013 → 2023: 1,619 → 1,618. 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.