99% of So-Hi’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave So-Hi for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kingman (18%), Laughlin (10%) and Phoenix (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.
What kind of work town is So-Hi?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
18% of working residents work in Kingman
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where So-Hi clocks in
18% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
So-Hi quiets down on a workday
On a workday 158 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in So-Hi on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of So-Hi commutes less than 28 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 43% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
So-Hi makes things: 91% of its jobs are in goods
56 jobs are based in So-Hi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs So-Hi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in So-Hi, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 56. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Working from home in So-Hi
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of So-Hi workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
So-Hi and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Golden Valley (5%). Darker towns draw more of So-Hi’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of So-Hi
Commuter talk
Getting to work from So-Hi, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.