Camp Horn Monument · Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0Dateland has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
0% of workers work from home; Arizona has 18%. Employers in Dateland report 25 jobs for 57 working residents. About one in ten stay in Dateland for work; outside it, Yuma is the main destination (18%, 61 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dateland on a workday afternoon
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Dateland on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Out of Dateland to work: where people go
Where Dateland clocks in
18% of workers
16% 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.
The kinds of work in Dateland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dateland, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 25. 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 Dateland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Dateland: about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dateland workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 95 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 Dateland goes to work
About 78% 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 Dateland: questions
What is the median household income in Dateland?
$43,011 (±$21,813) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dateland?
17.5%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dateland?
13 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dateland work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yuma (18%, 61 mi), Phoenix (16%, 99 mi), Salome (9%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dateland 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 Dateland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dateland
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.