Work & commute · Theba

Work & commute in Theba, AZ

Most working residents leave Theba for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Gila Bend (33%), Phoenix (11%) and Tucson (7%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 27 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 26 Theba residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Theba.

26live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Theba goes to work

Gila Bend10.6 mi away

33%9

Phoenix64.6 mi away

11%3

Tucson128.9 mi away

7%2

Mesa75.6 mi away

7%2

Goodyear38.2 mi away

4%1

Buckeye38.3 mi away

4%1

Chandler65.1 mi away

4%1

Riverside, CA269 mi away

4%1

Theba (in town)right here

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%6

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

How far

How far Theba commutes

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

41%

15%

37%

41%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Theba is a job hub

6.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Theba are

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

Jobs based in Theba

179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Theba residents hold

27 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+1093%

Jobs based in Theba, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 179. 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.