Work & commute · Wickenburg

Work & commute in Wickenburg, AZ

About one in 3 of Wickenburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (25%), Scottsdale (3%) and Tempe (3%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

915 of 2,859 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,944 Wickenburg residents head out of town to work, 915 work right here, and 1,831 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wickenburg.

1,944live here, work elsewhere

915live and work here

1,831work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wickenburg goes to work

Wickenburg (in town)right here

32%915

Phoenix48.3 mi away

25%712

Scottsdale56.1 mi away

3%99

Tempe63.4 mi away

3%96

Surprise28.3 mi away

3%82

Mesa72.8 mi away

2%65

Glendale45.6 mi away

2%60

Chandler71.7 mi away

2%52

Peoria27.8 mi away

2%50

Aguila23.1 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%679

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

How far

How far Wickenburg commutes

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

36%

24%

34%

36%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wickenburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wickenburg are

2,746 jobs are based in Wickenburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wickenburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wickenburg

2,746 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Wickenburg residents hold

2,859 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+35%

Jobs based in Wickenburg, 2013 → 2023: 2,040 → 2,746. 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.