Work & commute · Sacaton

Work & commute in Sacaton, AZ

Most working residents leave Sacaton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Casa Blanca (21%), Phoenix (14%) and Tucson (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 355 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 337 Sacaton residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 2,037 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sacaton.

337live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

2,037work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sacaton goes to work

Casa Blanca8.8 mi away

21%74

Phoenix39 mi away

14%51

Tucson82.3 mi away

6%21

Chandler15.1 mi away

5%18

Sacaton (in town)right here

5%18

Tempe23.6 mi away

4%13

Mesa22.4 mi away

3%12

Casa Grande11.8 mi away

3%10

Glendale40 mi away

3%9

Gilbert16.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%121

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

How far

How far Sacaton commutes

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

27%

28%

24%

21%

27%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sacaton is a job hub

5.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

5.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sacaton are

2,055 jobs are based in Sacaton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sacaton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sacaton

2,055 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Sacaton residents hold

355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−18%

Jobs based in Sacaton, 2013 → 2023: 2,514 → 2,055. 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.