Work & commute · Young

Work & commute in Young, AZ

Most working residents leave Young for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (25%), Payson (10%) and Mesa (8%). Half commute less than 74 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 189 working residents

Typical commute

74 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

50%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 186 Young residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Young.

186live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Young goes to work

Phoenix76.3 mi away

25%48

Payson23.3 mi away

10%18

Mesa67.1 mi away

8%16

Tempe76.4 mi away

7%14

Scottsdale61 mi away

6%11

Chandler78.3 mi away

5%9

Glendale82.6 mi away

3%5

Gilbert72.6 mi away

2%4

Litchfield Park92.2 mi away

2%3

Star Valley18.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%58

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

How far

How far Young commutes

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

14%

82%

3%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

82%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Young is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Young are

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

Jobs based in Young

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Young residents hold

189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−31%

Jobs based in Young, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 43. 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.