Work & commute · Tonopah

Work & commute in Tonopah, AZ

Most working residents leave Tonopah for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (18%), Mesa (18%) and Gilbert (9%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 11 working residents

Typical commute

40 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 11 Tonopah residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tonopah.

11live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tonopah goes to work

Phoenix48.8 mi away

18%2

Mesa70.3 mi away

18%2

Gilbert69.6 mi away

9%1

Avondale36.6 mi away

9%1

Gila Bend38.1 mi away

9%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%4

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

How far

How far Tonopah commutes

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

18%

27%

36%

18%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tonopah is a job hub

5.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tonopah are

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

Jobs based in Tonopah

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Tonopah residents hold

11 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+40%

Jobs based in Tonopah, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 63. 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.