Work & commute · Peridot

Work & commute in Peridot, AZ

Most working residents leave Peridot for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are San Carlos (49%), Phoenix (6%) and Tucson (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 178 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 172 Peridot residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peridot.

172live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peridot goes to work

San Carlos3 mi away

49%88

Phoenix95.6 mi away

6%11

Tucson82.9 mi away

4%7

Peridot (in town)right here

3%6

Mesa72.6 mi away

3%5

Claypool23 mi away

3%5

Pima45.8 mi away

2%3

Safford55 mi away

2%3

Globe17.2 mi away

2%3

Tempe84.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%44

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

How far

How far Peridot commutes

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

53%

35%

53%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peridot is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peridot are

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

Jobs based in Peridot

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month57%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Peridot residents hold

178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month43%

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.