Photo: Chandlernews · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Chandler earn more than those in 82% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Chandler itself; outside it, Phoenix draws the most (26%, 24 miles). Poverty touches 7.9% of residents, next to 12.5% for Arizona as a whole. For jobs and income Chandler is better than 85% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Chandler
Chandler trades workers with the towns around it
Chandler has about as many jobs (145,954) as working residents (131,816), but they are mostly different people: 101,589 residents leave for work each day while 115,727 people come in. Only 21% of the jobs in Chandler are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Chandler’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Chandler is Phoenix, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 26% of working residents (34,561) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Chandler works one town over
32% of working residents work in a town that borders Chandler: Tempe (16%), Mesa (9%) and Gilbert (7%). Next door ↓
Chandler has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Chandler went from 93,777 in 2013 to 145,954 in 2023, +56%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Chandler’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chandler could be anywhere from A− to A.
Who works in Chandler, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 101,589 residents head out to work, 30,227 work right here, and 115,727 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Chandler
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.
66% of the jobs in Chandler pay over $3,333 a month
145,954 jobs are based in Chandler.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chandler, 2013 → 2023: 93,777 → 145,954. 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 Chandler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Chandler’s residents
Where Chandler clocks in
26% of workers
16% of workers
9% 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.
Commuting from Chandler: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chandler workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 113,135 commuters (the 25% 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 Chandler, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% 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 151,377 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 58% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 5% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Chandler households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Chandler’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Out of 91 U.S. towns of 195,000 to 376,000, Chandler comes 14th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Hempstead NY | 238,982 | $158K | 4.5% | 4.1% | 20% | A |
| 2 | Oyster Bay NY | 301,115 | $160K | 3.9% | 4.6% | 19% | A |
| 3 | Frisco TX | 236,955 | $150K | 3.6% | 4.6% | 14% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Gilbert AZ | 287,285 | $123K | 5.3% | 3.5% | 15% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Islip NY | 340,867 | $130K | 6.4% | 4.5% | 28% | A |
| 13 | Scottsdale AZ | 243,006 | $111K | 7.3% | 3.6% | 28% | A |
| 14 | Chandler AZ | 278,748 | $108K | 7.9% | 3.6% | 23% | A− |
| 15 | Madison WI | 286,233 | $78K | 16.4% | 2.7% | 59% | A− |
| 16 | Santa Clarita CA | 228,430 | $123K | 7.4% | 5.6% | 21% | A− |
| 17 | Peoria AZ | 200,881 | $96K | 8.4% | 4.0% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Glendale AZ | 260,572 | $74K | 15.1% | 5.6% | 11% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Cleveland OH | 363,608 | $41K | 30.6% | 10.8% | 42% | C− |
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 Chandler, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Bordering towns draw 32% of Chandler’s workers
The biggest share goes to Tempe (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Chandler’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 Chandler: questions
What is the median household income in Chandler?
$108,095 (±$2,852) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chandler?
7.9%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chandler?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chandler work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (26%, 24 mi), Tempe (16%, 9 mi), Mesa (9%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chandler walkable?
Chandler is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chandler without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 5% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chandler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chandler
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.