Work & commute · Tonto Basin

Work & commute in Tonto Basin, AZ

Most working residents leave Tonto Basin for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (23%), Payson (8%) and Tempe (6%). Half commute less than 48 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 380 working residents

Typical commute

48 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

54 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 349 Tonto Basin residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tonto Basin.

349live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tonto Basin goes to work

Phoenix49 mi away

23%89

Tonto Basin (in town)right here

8%31

Payson27.7 mi away

8%29

Tempe48 mi away

6%24

Mesa38.8 mi away

6%24

Chandler50 mi away

5%19

Scottsdale34 mi away

5%18

Globe44.8 mi away

2%9

Gilbert44.6 mi away

2%8

Peoria59.6 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%121

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

How far

How far Tonto Basin commutes

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

49%

42%

9%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tonto Basin is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tonto Basin are

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

Jobs based in Tonto Basin

95 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Tonto Basin residents hold

380 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+138%

Jobs based in Tonto Basin, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 95. 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.