Work & commute · Scenic

Work & commute in Scenic, AZ

Most working residents leave Scenic for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mesquite (27%), St. George (14%) and Las Vegas (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 262 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

41%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 254 Scenic residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scenic.

254live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scenic goes to work

Mesquite, NV6.4 mi away

27%71

St. George, UT31 mi away

14%36

Las Vegas, NV79.5 mi away

6%16

Beaver Dam8.9 mi away

6%16

North Las Vegas, NV69.1 mi away

3%9

Littlefield6.6 mi away

3%9

Scenic (in town)right here

3%8

Paradise, NV79.2 mi away

3%7

Spring Valley, NV84.6 mi away

3%7

Henderson, NV78.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%77

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

How far

How far Scenic commutes

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

37%

17%

42%

37%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scenic is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scenic are

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

Jobs based in Scenic

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Scenic residents hold

262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+147%

Jobs based in Scenic, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 84. 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.