Crystal Beach has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Arizona 18%). There are 8 jobs in Crystal Beach, and 68 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Crystal Beach; the top destination outside it is Lake Havasu City (40%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Crystal Beach: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 67 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Crystal Beach on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Where people from Crystal Beach work
Where Crystal Beach clocks in
10% 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.
A place that makes things: 50% of Crystal Beach’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crystal Beach, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 8. 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 Crystal Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Crystal Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crystal Beach workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 158 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 Crystal Beach commutes less than 26 miles
About 37% 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 Crystal Beach compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Desert Hills (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crystal Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Beach | – | — | — | 24 min | $131,080 |
| Desert Hills | 3% | B− | D− | 23 min | $62,361 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crystal Beach’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 Crystal Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Crystal Beach?
$131,080 (±$114,900) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crystal Beach?
6.7%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crystal Beach?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crystal Beach work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Havasu City (40%, 7 mi), Phoenix (10%, 149 mi), Kingman (9%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crystal Beach 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 Crystal Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crystal Beach
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.