Work & commute · Scottsdale

Work & commute in Scottsdale, AZ

About one in 4 of Scottsdale’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (36%), Tempe (10%) and Mesa (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

30,172 of 106,324 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 76,152 Scottsdale residents head out of town to work, 30,172 work right here, and 170,147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scottsdale.

76,152live here, work elsewhere

30,172live and work here

170,147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scottsdale goes to work

Phoenix15.3 mi away

36%38,694

Scottsdale (in town)right here

28%30,172

Tempe20.8 mi away

10%10,219

Mesa21.4 mi away

5%4,960

Chandler27.7 mi away

4%4,098

Gilbert26.6 mi away

2%2,083

Glendale21.6 mi away

2%1,787

Tucson120.4 mi away

1%1,087

Peoria28.5 mi away

1%913

Paradise Valley10.8 mi away

1%659

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%11,652

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

How far

How far Scottsdale commutes

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

48%

43%

48%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scottsdale is a job hub

1.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scottsdale are

200,319 jobs are based in Scottsdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scottsdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scottsdale

200,319 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Scottsdale residents hold

106,324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+30%

Jobs based in Scottsdale, 2013 → 2023: 153,679 → 200,319. 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.