Work & commute · Show Low

Work & commute in Show Low, AZ

About one in 3 of Show Low’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pinetop-Lakeside (8%), Phoenix (7%) and Whiteriver (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

1,720 of 4,387 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,667 Show Low residents head out of town to work, 1,720 work right here, and 4,454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Show Low.

2,667live here, work elsewhere

1,720live and work here

4,454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Show Low goes to work

Show Low (in town)right here

39%1,720

Pinetop-Lakeside9.1 mi away

8%343

Phoenix127 mi away

7%300

Whiteriver29.7 mi away

3%131

Snowflake18 mi away

3%119

Cibecue30.6 mi away

3%115

Taylor12.7 mi away

2%99

Flagstaff110.1 mi away

2%96

Tempe124.4 mi away

2%81

Lake of the Woods8.2 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,303

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

How far

How far Show Low commutes

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

51%

11%

29%

51%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Show Low is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Show Low are

6,174 jobs are based in Show Low. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Show Low’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Show Low

6,174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Show Low residents hold

4,387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+24%

Jobs based in Show Low, 2013 → 2023: 4,984 → 6,174. 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.