Household incomes in Bylas are among the lowest of any U.S. town
The poverty rate is 46.6% (Arizona 12.5%). Measured by household income, Bylas is among the lowest-earning towns in the country. Jobs and income earn Bylas D−; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bylas
More than half of Bylas works in San Carlos
129 working residents, 52%, have their main job in San Carlos, 26 miles away. That’s far more as work in Bylas itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Bylas than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Bylas fell from 634 in 2013 to 45 in 2023, −93%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Bylas is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Bylas, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. 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; with 249 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Bylas’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bylas is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bylas’ grade.
Unemployment (27.3%) is left out: Bylas’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bylas stays D−.
52% of working residents work in San Carlos
Where Bylas clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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 Bylas, services account for most jobs
45 jobs are based in Bylas.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bylas, 2013 → 2023: 634 → 45. 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 Bylas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Bylas
On a workday 248 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Bylas on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.18 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.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Bylas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bylas workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 297 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where in the region Bylas works
About 31% 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.
Most of Bylas commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bylas is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bylas near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 310 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 26.2% of Bylas households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bylas’ commuters take a bus or train.
Where Bylas sits among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 861 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 979 | Mountainaire AZ | 1,103 | $112K | 5.2% | 5.7% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,083 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 31% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,716 | Morton TX | 1,689 | $38K | 26.7% | 5.3% | 21% | D− |
| 5,717 | Pennington Gap VA | 1,568 | $22K | 56.8% | 22.4% | 11% | D− |
| 5,718 | Bylas AZ | 1,551 | $29K | 46.6% | 27.3% | <1% | D− |
| 5,719 | Kaibito AZ | 1,661 | $47K | 29.1% | 10.0% | 0% | D− |
| 5,720 | Mariposa CA | 1,137 | $41K | 37.1% | 6.6% | 20% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Bylas, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
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 Bylas: questions
What is the median household income in Bylas?
$29,318 (±$12,264) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bylas?
46.6%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bylas?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bylas work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Carlos (52%, 26 mi), Phoenix (8%, 118 mi), Globe (4%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bylas walkable?
Bylas is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bylas without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bylas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bylas
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.