Work & commute · Poston

Work & commute in Poston, AZ

Most working residents leave Poston for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Parker (17%), Bluewater (9%) and Phoenix (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 35 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 35 Poston residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poston.

35live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poston goes to work

Parker10.5 mi away

17%6

Bluewater14.7 mi away

9%3

Phoenix136 mi away

6%2

Las Vegas, NV162.3 mi away

6%2

Peach Springs119.8 mi away

6%2

Winslow222.1 mi away

3%1

Kingman87.5 mi away

3%1

Lake Havasu City35.5 mi away

3%1

Casa Grande169.7 mi away

3%1

Glendale131.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%15

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

How far

How far Poston commutes

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

12%

41%

44%

12%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poston is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poston are

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

Jobs based in Poston

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Poston residents hold

35 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−15%

Jobs based in Poston, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 11. 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.