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Jobs & commute in Copper Hill

Most of Copper Hill commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident

There are 21 jobs in Copper Hill for 62 working residents. Hardly any work in Copper Hill; the top destination outside it is Globe (29%, 3 miles). 0% of workers work from home (Arizona 18%).

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

Day and night

Copper Hill by day and by night

On a workday 62 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.

62live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
21work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday120
160live here− 62head out to work+ 21come in to work= 120on a workday

About 120 people are in Copper Hill on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.34jobs 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

The towns that employ Copper Hill’s residents

Miami: 3 residents work here (5%)Globe: 18 residents work here (29%)Tempe: 2 residents work here (3%)PeoriaTucson: 3 residents work here (5%)Scottsdale: 3 residents work here (5%)Phoenix: 5 residents work here (8%)MaranaMesa: 3 residents work here (5%)Glendale: 2 residents work here (3%)AlamogordoClaypool: 6 residents work here (10%)Central Heights-Midland CityCopper HillWheatfieldsSan Carlos: 4 residents work here (6%)GlobeClaypoolPhoenixSan CarlosMiamiTucsonCopper Hill
1
Globe2.6 mi away
29%18
2
Claypool5.8 mi away
10%6
3
Phoenix78 mi away
8%5
4
San Carlos16.6 mi away
6%4
5
Miami7.7 mi away
5%3
6
Tucson88.6 mi away
5%3
7
Scottsdale66.5 mi away
5%3
8
Mesa56 mi away
5%3
9
Tempe68.4 mi away
3%2
10
Glendale83.5 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
21%13
The top trips

Where Copper Hill 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

In Copper Hill, 48% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

Jobs based in Copper HillJobs Copper Hill residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms48%23%
Trade, transport & utilities19%10%
Services: health, schools, offices33%68%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less5%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%23%
Over $3,333 a month71%65%

Who does it

29 or younger19%26%
30 to 5452%45%
55 and older29%29%

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 Copper Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Copper Hill

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Copper Hill gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 94 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

Half of Copper Hill commutes less than 17 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGlobe: 29% · 2.6 miClaypool: 10% · 5.8 miPhoenix: 8% · 78 miSan Carlos: 6% · 16.6 miMiami: 5% · 7.7 miTucson: 5% · 88.6 miScottsdale: 5% · 66.5 miMesa: 5% · 56 miTempe: 3% · 68.4 miGlendale: 3% · 83.5 miGlobe 29%Claypool 10%Phoenix 8%San Carlos 6%Miami 5%Copper Hill
Copper HillTop destinations (size = commuters)
49%Under 10 mi30 residents
8%10–24 mi5 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
43%Over 50 mi26 residents

About 43% 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.

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 Copper Hill: questions

What is the median household income in Copper Hill?

$61,203 (±$19,902) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Copper Hill?

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

Where do people who live in Copper Hill work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Globe (29%, 3 mi), Claypool (10%, 6 mi), Phoenix (8%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Copper Hill 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 Copper Hill, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

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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.