With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Cactus Flats works elsewhere
Employers in Cactus Flats report 12 jobs for 535 working residents. Jobs and income earn Cactus Flats D; getting around on foot earns it D. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Cactus Flats, in brief
Cactus Flats is a place people come home to
There are 12 jobs based in Cactus Flats, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cactus Flats has about 990 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
37% of Cactus Flats works in Safford
196 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Safford, 5.2 miles away. That’s far more as work in Cactus Flats itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
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 535 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Cactus Flats
On income, poverty and job access, Cactus Flats is better than 13% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cactus Flats’ grade up (11.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (17.8%) is left out: Cactus Flats’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cactus Flats could be anywhere from D− to B.
Cactus Flats on a workday afternoon
On a workday 534 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Cactus Flats on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
37% of working residents work in Safford
Where Cactus Flats clocks in
37% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
How far Cactus Flats’ workers travel
About 35% 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.
Cactus Flats makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cactus Flats, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 12. 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 Cactus Flats’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cactus Flats’ commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cactus Flats workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 490 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.
In Cactus Flats, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cactus Flats is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 490 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). 1.3% of Cactus Flats households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cactus Flats’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000, Cactus Flats comes 4,245th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 784 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 889 | Mountainaire AZ | 1,103 | $112K | 5.2% | 5.7% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 982 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 31% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,243 | Martinsville Township IL | 1,486 | $67K | 19.3% | 3.6% | 7% | D |
| 4,244 | Bell Township PA | 1,956 | $57K | 16.7% | 1.3% | 2% | D |
| 4,245 | Cactus Flats AZ | 1,508 | $58K | 11.6% | 17.8% | <1% | D |
| 4,246 | Wilder ID | 1,734 | $55K | 30.2% | 0.4% | 3% | D |
| 4,247 | Jeffersonville OH | 1,246 | $46K | 36.0% | 3.4% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | 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 Cactus Flats, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Cactus Flats and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cactus Flats workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cactus Flats | – | D | D | 19 min | $58,021 |
| Swift Trail Junction | under 2% | D | D | 23 min | $63,074 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cactus Flats’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 Cactus Flats: questions
What is the median household income in Cactus Flats?
$58,021 (±$37,512) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cactus Flats?
11.6%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cactus Flats?
19 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cactus Flats work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Safford (37%, 5 mi), Morenci (9%, 30 mi), Tucson (8%, 79 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cactus Flats walkable?
Cactus Flats is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cactus Flats without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cactus Flats, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cactus Flats
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.