With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Cactus Forest works elsewhere
Commuters spend 51 minutes getting to work on average; the Arizona average is 25, the U.S. 26. 12 jobs are based in Cactus Forest, against 165 working residents. Hardly any stay in Cactus Forest for work; outside it, Phoenix is the main destination (19%, 62 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cactus Forest on a workday afternoon
On a workday 165 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Cactus Forest on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The places Cactus Forest commutes to
Where Cactus Forest clocks in
19% of workers
15% of workers
6% 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.
Cactus Forest works in goods: 33% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cactus Forest, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 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 Forest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 51 minutes from Cactus Forest
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cactus Forest workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 160 commuters (the 22% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cactus Forest
About 52% 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.
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 Forest: questions
What is the median household income in Cactus Forest?
$67,083 (±$53,960) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cactus Forest?
20.3%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cactus Forest?
51 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cactus Forest work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (19%, 62 mi), Tucson (15%, 61 mi), Florence (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cactus Forest 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 Cactus Forest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cactus Forest
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.