Cedar Canyon Bridge · Photo: Clayton B. Fraser · Public domainMaking a living in Carrizo
Carrizo has 30 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. 73% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole. Hardly any work in Carrizo; the top destination outside it is Chandler (20%, 100 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Carrizo quiets down on a workday
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Carrizo on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
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.
Where Carrizo goes to work
Where Carrizo clocks in
20% of workers
20% of workers
10% 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.
Working from home in Carrizo
of Carrizo workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 73% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Carrizo
About 67% 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 Carrizo: questions
What is the median household income in Carrizo?
$31,481 (±$12,000) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carrizo?
92.4%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Carrizo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chandler (20%, 100 mi), Whiteriver (20%, 23 mi), Mesa (10%, 89 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carrizo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carrizo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carrizo
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.