Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0Coolidge has higher unemployment (14.1%) than 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Coolidge D; getting around on foot earns it B−. About one in ten stay in Coolidge for work; outside it, Phoenix is the main destination (22%, 55 miles). 12% of workers have no commute at all, where Arizona as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Coolidge: the gist
Coolidge’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Coolidge is Phoenix, 55 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (1,529) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Coolidge has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Coolidge went from 2,377 in 2013 to 3,224 in 2023, +36%. 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.
How Coolidge earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coolidge is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #118 of 140 in Arizona. Household income holds Coolidge’s grade up ($67,023, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coolidge could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Short hops and long hauls from Coolidge
About 22% 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 Coolidge’s employers do
3,224 jobs are based in Coolidge.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coolidge, 2013 → 2023: 2,377 → 3,224. 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 Coolidge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Coolidge on a workday afternoon
On a workday 6,079 residents head out to work, 774 work right here, and 2,450 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Coolidge on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.47 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.
Commuting out of Coolidge: the destinations
Where Coolidge clocks in
22% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
How long Coolidge spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coolidge workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,274 commuters (the 12% 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.
Coolidge is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coolidge is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #63 of 140 in Arizona. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% 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 7,136 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). 9.3% of Coolidge households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Coolidge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Coolidge sits among U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 337 | Vail AZ | 16,315 | $131K | 4.3% | 1.6% | 6% | A |
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| 519 | Anthem AZ | 22,584 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.4% | 6% | A− |
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| 550 | New River AZ | 18,240 | $134K | 6.3% | 3.0% | 5% | A− |
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| 1,827 | Arvin CA | 19,820 | $49K | 34.6% | 14.0% | 11% | D |
| 1,828 | Greenville MS | 26,530 | $40K | 28.0% | 6.7% | 48% | D |
| 1,829 | Coolidge AZ | 19,959 | $67K | 19.9% | 14.1% | 11% | D |
| 1,830 | Opelousas LA | 15,098 | $33K | 37.4% | 11.9% | 25% | D |
| 1,831 | Benton Township MI | 14,228 | $39K | 33.1% | 12.1% | 22% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Coolidge, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Coolidge and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Eloy (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coolidge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolidge | – | D | B− | 25 min | $67,023 |
| Blackwater | under 3% | — | D− | 21 min | — |
| Eloy | 3% | D | C+ | 29 min | $55,736 |
| Florence | under 3% | C | C+ | 31 min | $79,644 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coolidge’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 Coolidge: questions
What is the median household income in Coolidge?
$67,023 (±$11,078) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coolidge?
19.9%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coolidge?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coolidge work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (22%, 55 mi), Tempe (7%, 39 mi), Chandler (7%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coolidge walkable?
Coolidge is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coolidge without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coolidge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coolidge
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.