Households in Dilkon have lower incomes than those in 97% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 40.6%, next to 12.5% for Arizona as a whole. Dilkon grades D− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 8% of workers work from home, where Arizona as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dilkon: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
72% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Dilkon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Dilkon is St. Michaels, 71 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (29) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Dilkon workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 146 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 233 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Dilkon
On income, poverty and job access, Dilkon is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Dilkon’s grade.
Unemployment (8.7%) is left out: Dilkon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dilkon stays D−.
Short hops and long hauls from Dilkon
About 72% 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.
Commuting from Dilkon: about 44 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dilkon workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 373 commuters (the 8% 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.
Who leaves Dilkon for work, and who comes in
On a workday 221 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.52 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.
12% of working residents work in St. Michaels
Where Dilkon clocks in
12% of workers
8% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Dilkon
122 jobs are based in Dilkon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dilkon, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 122. 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 Dilkon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dilkon is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dilkon is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 1.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 407 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.8% of Dilkon households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Dilkon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dilkon next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 734 | Mountainaire AZ | 1,103 | $112K | 5.2% | 5.7% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,035 | Red Lake AZ | 1,676 | $101K | 0.0% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,564 | Morenci AZ | 1,673 | $70K | 3.5% | 4.0% | 64% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,850 | Grandview Township OH | 1,376 | $33K | 43.6% | 12.9% | 6% | D− |
| 4,851 | Canyon Day AZ | 1,182 | $36K | 40.2% | 8.7% | 0% | D− |
| 4,852 | Dilkon AZ | 1,270 | $38K | 40.6% | 8.7% | 5% | D− |
| 4,853 | Meadview AZ | 1,517 | $26K | 33.2% | 22.0% | 4% | D− |
| 4,854 | Redway CA | 1,145 | $24K | 36.7% | 14.9% | 15% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Dilkon, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
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 Dilkon: questions
What is the median household income in Dilkon?
$37,656 (±$4,806) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dilkon?
40.6%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dilkon?
44 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dilkon work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Michaels (12%, 71 mi), Winslow (12%, 32 mi), Flagstaff (8%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dilkon walkable?
Dilkon is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 1.8 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dilkon without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dilkon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dilkon
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.