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Jobs & commute in Bear Flat

Work means Phoenix for nearly all of Bear Flat’s working residents

Bear Flat has 2 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Hardly any work in Bear Flat; the top destination outside it is Phoenix (100%, 77 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

2live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

The places Bear Flat commutes to

Phoenix: 2 residents work here (100%)Bear FlatPhoenixBear Flat
1
Phoenix76.9 mi away
100%2

Lines 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.

How far

How far Bear Flat’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPhoenix: 100% · 76.9 miPhoenix 100%Bear Flat
Bear FlatTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
100%Over 50 mi2 residents

About 100% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bear Flat: questions

Where do people who live in Bear Flat work?

0% work in town.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bear Flat, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Bear Flat

Bear Flat home →

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.