Work & commute · Quartzsite

Work & commute in Quartzsite, AZ

Most working residents leave Quartzsite for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (19%), Las Vegas (5%) and Enterprise (3%). Half commute less than 122 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

92 of 660 working residents

Typical commute

122 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

5 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 568 Quartzsite residents head out of town to work, 92 work right here, and 392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quartzsite.

568live here, work elsewhere

92live and work here

392work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quartzsite goes to work

Phoenix122.5 mi away

19%126

Quartzsite (in town)right here

14%92

Las Vegas, NV186.9 mi away

5%31

Enterprise, NV171.6 mi away

3%21

Paradise, NV175.1 mi away

3%19

North Las Vegas, NV187.8 mi away

2%15

Buckeye92.2 mi away

2%14

Flagstaff181.4 mi away

2%14

Scottsdale135.4 mi away

2%13

Lake Havasu City57.8 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%302

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

How far

How far Quartzsite commutes

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

15%

78%

15%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

78%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quartzsite is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Quartzsite are

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

Jobs based in Quartzsite

484 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Quartzsite residents hold

660 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−8%

Jobs based in Quartzsite, 2013 → 2023: 527 → 484. 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.