With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Cibola works elsewhere
0% of workers have no commute at all; Arizona has 18%. 6 jobs are based in Cibola; 51 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Cibola; the top destination outside it is Ehrenberg (29%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Cibola on a workday
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Cibola on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Commuting out of Cibola: the destinations
Where Cibola clocks in
29% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Cibola
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cibola, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 6. 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 Cibola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cibola
of Cibola workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 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.
Half of Cibola commutes less than 50 miles
About 50% 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 Cibola: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cibola?
70.2%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cibola work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ehrenberg (29%, 20 mi), Phoenix (10%, 150 mi), Blythe (10%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cibola without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cibola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cibola
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.