Photo: dougegood · CC BY 2.0More than half of Anthem’s working residents commute to Phoenix
33% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Arizona. For jobs and income Anthem is better than 84% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (B+). Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Anthem
More than half of Anthem works in Phoenix
4,862 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Phoenix, 19 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Anthem itself. The commute map ↓
A lot of Anthem works from home
33% of Anthem workers work from home, against 18% across Arizona. Time on the road ↓
Anthem has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Anthem went from 1,703 in 2013 to 2,894 in 2023, +70%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Anthem
66% of Anthem residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Anthem pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Anthem is a place people come home to
There are 2,894 jobs based in Anthem, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Anthem has about 16,000 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Anthem’s grade explained
Household income holds Anthem’s grade up ($120,613, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Anthem could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The towns that employ Anthem’s residents
Where Anthem clocks in
51% 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.
About 27 minutes to work from Anthem
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Anthem workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,128 commuters (the 33% 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 2,894 jobs based in Anthem
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Anthem, 2013 → 2023: 1,703 → 2,894. 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 Anthem’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Anthem
On a workday 8,980 residents head out to work, 594 work right here, and 2,300 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Anthem on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Anthem goes to work
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.
The commute in Anthem is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.9% across Arizona.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,656 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Anthem households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Anthem’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,658 U.S. towns of 16,000 to 30,000, Anthem comes 451st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 296 | Vail AZ | 16,315 | $131K | 4.3% | 1.6% | 6% | A |
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| 449 | Salmon Creek WA | 20,017 | $112K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 4% | A− |
| 450 | West Milford Township NJ | 25,216 | $132K | 3.0% | 6.1% | 9% | A− |
| 451 | Anthem AZ | 22,584 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.4% | 6% | A− |
| 452 | Chester VA | 24,474 | $95K | 8.1% | 2.5% | 4% | A− |
| 453 | Saco ME | 21,159 | $92K | 6.4% | 2.1% | 14% | A− |
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| 481 | New River AZ | 18,240 | $134K | 6.3% | 3.0% | 5% | A− |
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| 724 | Fountain Hills AZ | 23,625 | $113K | 6.2% | 5.3% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,658 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Anthem, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Anthem and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Anthem’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Anthem: questions
What is the median household income in Anthem?
$120,613 (±$7,769) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Anthem?
4.1%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Anthem?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Anthem work?
6% work in town.
Is Anthem walkable?
Anthem is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Anthem without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Anthem, from the people who make the trip.
More of Anthem
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.