Work & commute · Whiteriver

Work & commute in Whiteriver, AZ

57% of Whiteriver’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Hondah (8%), Cibecue (7%) and Phoenix (5%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57%

484 of 853 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 369 Whiteriver residents head out of town to work, 484 work right here, and 1,822 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whiteriver.

369live here, work elsewhere

484live and work here

1,822work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whiteriver goes to work

Whiteriver (in town)right here

57%484

Hondah17.7 mi away

8%67

Cibecue33.2 mi away

7%57

Phoenix123.8 mi away

5%42

Show Low29.7 mi away

3%27

Fort Apache3.8 mi away

2%18

Tempe117.6 mi away

2%13

Mesa105.5 mi away

1%10

Pinetop-Lakeside21.3 mi away

1%9

Scottsdale109.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%117

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

How far

How far Whiteriver commutes

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

59%

10%

12%

19%

59%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whiteriver is a job hub

2.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whiteriver are

2,306 jobs are based in Whiteriver. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whiteriver’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whiteriver

2,306 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Whiteriver residents hold

853 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month37%

+9%

Jobs based in Whiteriver, 2013 → 2023: 2,118 → 2,306. 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.