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Work & commute in Stanfield · A job hub

Every workday, about 450 people come to Stanfield for work

Most working residents leave Stanfield for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (20%), Casa Grande (7%) and Chandler (7%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Work in town
8%
15 of 196 working residents
Typical commute
36 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
20 min
Less than AZ (25 min)
Work from home
0%
Less than AZ (18%)
Jobs based here
461
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What kind of work town is Stanfield?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The jobs

Stanfield makes things: 79% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in StanfieldJobs Stanfield residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms79%24%
Trade, transport & utilities7%23%
Services: health, schools, offices14%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less5%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%33%
Over $3,333 a month68%57%

Who does it

29 or younger20%27%
30 to 5449%55%
55 and older31%18%
+222%

Jobs based in Stanfield, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 461. 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.

Day and night

Stanfield fills up on a workday

On a workday 181 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 446 people come in from elsewhere.

181live here, work elsewhere
15live and work here
446work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night650
Workday910
650live here− 180head out to work+ 450come in to work= 910on a workday

About 910 people are in Stanfield on a workday afternoon, 41% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.35jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Time on the road

About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Arizona

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
154 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Stanfield20 min
Arizona25 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Stanfield workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
The commute map

Where Stanfield’s workers come from

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Tempe: 9 workers live here (2%)Maricopa: 52 workers live here (11%)GilbertTucson: 14 workers live here (3%)ScottsdaleGoodyearPhoenix: 38 workers live here (8%)Avondale: 12 workers live here (3%)Casa Grande: 49 workers live here (11%)Chandler: 13 workers live here (3%)Mesa: 16 workers live here (3%)StanfieldSan Tan Valley: 10 workers live here (2%)MaricopaCasa GrandePhoenixMesaTucsonChandlerStanfield
1
Maricopa11.5 mi away
11%52
2
Casa Grande11.7 mi away
11%49
3
Phoenix48.4 mi away
8%38
4
Mesa38.7 mi away
3%16
5
Stanfield (in town)right here
3%15
6
Tucson81 mi away
3%14
7
Chandler28.6 mi away
3%13
8
Avondale36.8 mi away
3%12
9
San Tan Valley31.1 mi away
2%10
10
Tempe35.2 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%233
The top trips

Where Stanfield clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Stanfield commutes less than 36 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPhoenix: 20% · 48.4 miCasa Grande: 7% · 11.7 miChandler: 7% · 28.6 miTucson: 5% · 81 miTempe: 5% · 35.2 miScottsdale: 4% · 55.9 miMesa: 4% · 38.7 miGilbert: 3% · 32.6 miGoodyear: 3% · 34.9 miPhoenix 20%Casa Grande 7%Chandler 7%Tucson 5%Tempe 5%Stanfield
StanfieldTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%Under 10 mi38 residents
14%10–24 mi28 residents
44%25–50 mi86 residents
22%Over 50 mi42 residents

About 22% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.
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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.

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