Work & commute · Thatcher

Work & commute in Thatcher, AZ

Most working residents leave Thatcher for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Safford (30%), Morenci (8%) and Phoenix (6%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

272 of 1,953 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,681 Thatcher residents head out of town to work, 272 work right here, and 1,339 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thatcher.

1,681live here, work elsewhere

272live and work here

1,339work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thatcher goes to work

Safford4.3 mi away

30%585

Thatcher (in town)right here

14%272

Morenci30.4 mi away

8%160

Phoenix144.2 mi away

6%124

Tucson78.8 mi away

5%96

Pima7.2 mi away

4%79

San Carlos55.2 mi away

2%48

Tempe131.5 mi away

1%28

Scottsdale135.2 mi away

1%26

Sierra Vista91.9 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%510

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

How far

How far Thatcher commutes

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

58%

32%

58%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thatcher is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Thatcher are

1,611 jobs are based in Thatcher. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thatcher’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thatcher

1,611 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Thatcher residents hold

1,953 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+9%

Jobs based in Thatcher, 2013 → 2023: 1,472 → 1,611. 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.