Photo: Hammersoft · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Aguila earns its living
0% of workers have no commute at all; Arizona has 18%. About one in five work in Aguila; the top destination outside it is Phoenix (19%, 67 miles). 266 jobs are based in Aguila, against 211 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Aguila apart on work
A big share show a job far from home
65% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Aguila’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Aguila is Phoenix, 67 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (41) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Aguila workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 18% across Arizona. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 211 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from Aguila
About 65% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Working from home in Aguila
of Aguila workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Aguila
On a workday 174 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 229 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Aguila on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Aguila’s working residents head each day
Where Aguila clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Aguila, 92% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aguila, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 266. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aguila’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Aguila: questions
What is the median household income in Aguila?
$72,727 (±$57,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aguila?
5.6%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Aguila work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (19%, 67 mi), Wickenburg (11%, 23 mi), Tempe (5%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Aguila without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aguila, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aguila
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.