Work & commute · Tsaile

Work & commute in Tsaile, AZ

Most working residents leave Tsaile for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are St. Michaels (13%), Phoenix (10%) and Chinle (7%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 245 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 226 Tsaile residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tsaile.

226live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tsaile goes to work

St. Michaels44.9 mi away

13%32

Phoenix249 mi away

10%24

Tsaile (in town)right here

8%19

Chinle22.6 mi away

7%17

Fort Defiance39.3 mi away

4%10

Scottsdale234.7 mi away

3%7

Farmington, NM65.5 mi away

3%7

Tempe253.4 mi away

2%5

Mesa245.5 mi away

2%5

Gallup, NM60.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%114

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

How far

How far Tsaile commutes

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

12%

31%

49%

8%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tsaile is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tsaile are

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

Jobs based in Tsaile

260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Tsaile residents hold

245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+2500%

Jobs based in Tsaile, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 260. 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.