Work & commute · Queen Creek

Work & commute in Queen Creek, AZ

Most working residents leave Queen Creek for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (22%), Mesa (14%) and Chandler (13%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,363 of 29,986 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,623 Queen Creek residents head out of town to work, 2,363 work right here, and 12,026 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Queen Creek.

27,623live here, work elsewhere

2,363live and work here

12,026work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Queen Creek goes to work

Phoenix35.8 mi away

22%6,513

Mesa12.5 mi away

14%4,260

Chandler14.1 mi away

13%3,857

Tempe21.1 mi away

12%3,475

Gilbert9 mi away

11%3,416

Queen Creek (in town)right here

8%2,363

Scottsdale33.9 mi away

6%1,719

Tucson86.6 mi away

1%392

San Tan Valley5.1 mi away

1%375

Glendale39 mi away

1%261

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%3,355

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

How far

How far Queen Creek commutes

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

21%

47%

26%

21%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Queen Creek is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Queen Creek are

14,389 jobs are based in Queen Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Queen Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Queen Creek

14,389 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Queen Creek residents hold

29,986 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+166%

Jobs based in Queen Creek, 2013 → 2023: 5,414 → 14,389. 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.