Work & commute · San Carlos

Work & commute in San Carlos, AZ

56% of San Carlos’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (8%), Peridot (3%) and Globe (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56%

381 of 676 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 295 San Carlos residents head out of town to work, 381 work right here, and 1,595 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Carlos.

295live here, work elsewhere

381live and work here

1,595work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Carlos goes to work

San Carlos (in town)right here

56%381

Phoenix94.3 mi away

8%52

Peridot3 mi away

3%21

Globe15.6 mi away

3%17

Tucson85.5 mi away

3%17

Mesa71.6 mi away

2%16

Tempe84 mi away

2%12

Bylas25.6 mi away

2%12

Chandler79.5 mi away

2%11

Claypool21.4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%126

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

How far

How far San Carlos commutes

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

60%

30%

60%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Carlos is a job hub

2.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Carlos are

1,976 jobs are based in San Carlos. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Carlos’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Carlos

1,976 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs San Carlos residents hold

676 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month33%

+437%

Jobs based in San Carlos, 2013 → 2023: 368 → 1,976. 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.