Photo: Tony the Marine · CC BY-SA 3.0Casa Grande has higher unemployment (6.1%) than 75% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Casa Grande itself; outside it, Phoenix draws the most (21%, 50 miles). Jobs and income earn Casa Grande C; getting around on foot earns it C+. For 11% of workers, the job is at home; Arizona has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Casa Grande
What’s behind Casa Grande’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Casa Grande is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #80 of 140 in Arizona. Household income holds Casa Grande’s grade up ($69,983, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Casa Grande could be anywhere from C− to C+.
Casa Grande’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily flow of workers through Casa Grande
On a workday 21,916 residents head out to work, 6,341 work right here, and 12,061 people come in from elsewhere.
About 60,000 people are in Casa Grande on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.65 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Casa Grande goes to work
Where Casa Grande clocks in
21% of workers
6% 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.
What work there is in Casa Grande: 18,402 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Casa Grande, 2014 → 2024: 14,909 → 18,402. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Casa Grande’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Casa Grande: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Casa Grande workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22,951 commuters (the 11% 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.
Few in Casa Grande walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Casa Grande is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #86 of 140 in Arizona. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of 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 25,732 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). 4.1% of Casa Grande households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Casa Grande’s commuters take a bus or train.
Casa Grande and other U.S. towns of 49,000 to 94,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Catalina Foothills AZ | 52,593 | $115K | 4.5% | 2.7% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 145 | Queen Creek AZ | 89,770 | $142K | 3.7% | 4.3% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 226 | Marana AZ | 65,523 | $113K | 4.9% | 4.5% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 580 | Lauderhill FL | 75,668 | $51K | 19.4% | 8.5% | 3% | C |
| 581 | Tulare CA | 73,907 | $72K | 17.9% | 8.6% | 23% | C |
| 582 | Casa Grande AZ | 69,753 | $70K | 13.5% | 6.1% | 22% | C |
| 583 | Scranton PA | 75,514 | $51K | 23.0% | 5.4% | 30% | C |
| 584 | Galveston TX | 53,636 | $56K | 21.4% | 5.8% | 47% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 634 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 50% | 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 Casa Grande, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
How Casa Grande compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Eloy (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Casa Grande workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casa Grande | – | C | C+ | 23 min | $69,983 |
| Eloy | 2% | D | C+ | 29 min | $55,736 |
| Maricopa | under 2% | B | C+ | 37 min | $96,391 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Casa Grande’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 2024, 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 Casa Grande: questions
What is the median household income in Casa Grande?
$69,983 (±$5,179) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Casa Grande?
13.5%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Casa Grande?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Casa Grande work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (21%, 50 mi), Tempe (6%, 35 mi), Chandler (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Casa Grande walkable?
Casa Grande is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Casa Grande without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Casa Grande, from the people who make the trip.
More of Casa Grande
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.