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Jobs & commute in Clacks Canyon

Clacks Canyon draws 126 commuters a day, with 2.2 jobs for every working resident

Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole. Employers in Clacks Canyon report 126 jobs, and 58 of its residents work somewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Clacks Canyon

On a workday 58 residents head out to work and none work right here.

58live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
126work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night59
Workday130
59live here− 58head out to work+ 130come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Clacks Canyon on a workday afternoon, 115% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.17jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where the people who work in Clacks Canyon live

Prescott ValleyKingman: 12 workers live here (10%)San Luis: 5 workers live here (4%)GilbertPhoenix: 4 workers live here (3%)Lake Havasu CityAvondale: 4 workers live here (3%)Bullhead CityYuma: 19 workers live here (15%)MesaGlendale: 5 workers live here (4%)Big Bear LakeHendersonClacks CanyonNew Kingman-Butler: 6 workers live here (5%)Brenda: 5 workers live here (4%)Golden Valley: 17 workers live here (13%)Vicksburg: 4 workers live here (3%)LaughlinYumaGolden ValleyKingmanNew Kingman-ButlerSan LuisGlendaleClacks Canyon
1
Yuma189 mi away
15%19
2
Golden Valley9.1 mi away
13%17
3
Kingman3.5 mi away
10%12
45%6
5
San Luis192.6 mi away
4%5
6
Glendale158.5 mi away
4%5
7
Brenda107.2 mi away
4%5
8
Phoenix160.4 mi away
3%4
9
Avondale165 mi away
3%4
10
Vicksburg104 mi away
3%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%45
The top trips

Where Clacks Canyon clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Clacks Canyon

Jobs based in Clacks CanyonJobs Clacks Canyon residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%17%
Trade, transport & utilities0%31%
Services: health, schools, offices0%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less6%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%50%
Over $3,333 a month79%36%

Who does it

29 or younger13%19%
30 to 5445%47%
55 and older42%34%
−51%

Jobs based in Clacks Canyon, 2013 → 2023: 256 → 126. 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 Clacks Canyon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Clacks Canyon

Working from home
0%

of Clacks Canyon workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Clacks Canyon gets to work
44%Drive alone
56%Carpool

Share of the 41 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.

How far

Miles to work from Clacks Canyon

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKingman: 40% · 3.5 miPhoenix: 9% · 160.4 miLaughlin: 7% · 31.4 miLake Havasu City: 3% · 51.6 miBullhead City: 3% · 28.1 miMesa: 3% · 184.1 miHenderson: 3% · 76.1 miPrescott Valley: 2% · 108.3 miGilbert: 2% · 187.2 miBig Bear Lake: 2% · 173.9 miKingman 40%Phoenix 9%Laughlin 7%Lake Havasu City 3%Clacks Canyon
Clacks CanyonTop destinations (size = commuters)
54%Under 10 mi31 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
16%25–50 mi9 residents
30%Over 50 mi17 residents

About 30% 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.

Next door

40% of Clacks Canyon works in a bordering town

Jobs & commute next door

TownClacks Canyon workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Clacks Canyon–———$156,250
Kingman40%C−B+18 min$61,792

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Kingman. Darker towns draw more of Clacks Canyon’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Clacks Canyon: questions

What is the median household income in Clacks Canyon?

$156,250 (±$119,537) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Clacks Canyon?

0.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Clacks Canyon work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kingman (40%, 4 mi), Phoenix (9%, 160 mi), Laughlin (7%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Clacks Canyon 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 Clacks Canyon, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Clacks Canyon

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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.