Work & commute · Wheatfields

Work & commute in Wheatfields, AZ

Most working residents leave Wheatfields for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Globe (26%), Phoenix (16%) and Claypool (6%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 188 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 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 187 Wheatfields residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatfields.

187live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheatfields goes to work

Globe6.9 mi away

26%48

Phoenix73.7 mi away

16%30

Claypool4.7 mi away

6%12

Miami6.2 mi away

5%10

Mesa52.1 mi away

5%10

Tempe64.6 mi away

4%8

Chandler61.2 mi away

4%7

Casa Grande67.2 mi away

3%6

San Carlos21.4 mi away

3%6

Tucson91.1 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%46

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

How far

How far Wheatfields commutes

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

41%

48%

41%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatfields is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheatfields are

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

Jobs based in Wheatfields

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Wheatfields residents hold

188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+454%

Jobs based in Wheatfields, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 72. 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.