Work & commute · Sells

Work & commute in Sells, AZ

Most working residents leave Sells for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (12%), Tucson (11%) and Tempe (3%). Half commute less than 55 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

59 of 360 working residents

Typical commute

55 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 301 Sells residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 617 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sells.

301live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

617work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sells goes to work

Sells (in town)right here

16%59

Phoenix114.8 mi away

12%42

Tucson60.7 mi away

11%40

Tempe101.5 mi away

3%9

Glendale112.9 mi away

2%7

Mesa102.5 mi away

2%6

Gilbert96.5 mi away

1%5

Casas Adobes58.1 mi away

1%5

Scottsdale121.8 mi away

1%4

Avondale99.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%179

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

How far

How far Sells commutes

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

17%

19%

54%

17%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sells 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 Sells are

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

Jobs based in Sells

676 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Sells residents hold

360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+42%

Jobs based in Sells, 2013 → 2023: 477 → 676. 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.