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Jobs & commute in El Prado Estates

Work means Yuma for about two in three of El Prado Estates’ working residents

Home is the office for 0% of workers (Arizona 18%). Hardly any stay in El Prado Estates for work; outside it, Yuma is the main destination (63%, 14 miles). Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average; Arizona averages 25, the U.S. 26.

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

Day and night

El Prado Estates quiets down on a workday

On a workday 189 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.

189live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
24work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night260
Workday93
260live here− 190head out to work+ 24come in to work= 93on a workday

About 93 people are in El Prado Estates on a workday afternoon, 64% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.13 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.

The commute map

The places El Prado Estates commutes to

Somerton: 2 residents work here (1%)TempeQueen Creek: 1 residents work here (1%)San Luis: 2 residents work here (1%)Wellton: 1 residents work here (1%)Peoria: 1 residents work here (1%)Scottsdale: 1 residents work here (1%)Phoenix: 10 residents work here (5%)Lake Havasu CityBullhead City: 1 residents work here (1%)Yuma: 120 residents work here (63%)Chandler: 3 residents work here (2%)Avenue B and CEl Prado EstatesFortuna FoothillsYumaPhoenixChandlerSomertonSan LuisQueen CreekEl Prado Estates
1
Yuma13.5 mi away
63%120
2
Phoenix152.9 mi away
5%10
3
Chandler159.7 mi away
2%3
4
Somerton12.5 mi away
1%2
5
San Luis19.2 mi away
1%2
6
Queen Creek172.5 mi away
1%1
7
Wellton18.4 mi away
1%1
8
Peoria146.9 mi away
1%1
9
Scottsdale168 mi away
1%1
10
Bullhead City167.3 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
25%48
The top trips

Where El Prado Estates 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

A place that makes things: 64% of El Prado Estates’ jobs are in goods

25 jobs are based in El Prado Estates.

Jobs based in El Prado EstatesJobs El Prado Estates residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms64%36%
Trade, transport & utilities32%18%
Services: health, schools, offices4%46%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less4%23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%41%
Over $3,333 a month80%36%

Who does it

29 or younger20%25%
30 to 5448%52%
55 and older32%23%
+213%

Jobs based in El Prado Estates, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 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 El Prado Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

El Prado Estates’ commute takes about 17 minutes

A year of commuting
133 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

El Prado Estates17 min
Arizona25 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of El Prado Estates workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How El Prado Estates gets to work
82%Drive alone
18%Carpool

Share of the 174 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

The commute from El Prado Estates, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miYuma: 63% · 13.5 miPhoenix: 5% · 152.9 miChandler: 2% · 159.7 miSomerton: 1% · 12.5 miSan Luis: 1% · 19.2 miQueen Creek: 1% · 172.5 miWellton: 1% · 18.4 miPeoria: 1% · 146.9 miScottsdale: 1% · 168 miBullhead City: 1% · 167.3 miYuma 63%Phoenix 5%Chandler 2%Somerton 1%El Prado Estates
El Prado EstatesTop destinations (size = commuters)
81%Under 10 mi151 residents
7%10–24 mi13 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
12%Over 50 mi22 residents

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 El Prado Estates: questions

What is the median household income in El Prado Estates?

$46,075 (±$12,517) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in El Prado Estates?

34.9%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from El Prado Estates?

17 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in El Prado Estates work?

1% work in town.

Can you get around El Prado Estates 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 El Prado Estates, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of El Prado Estates

El Prado Estates home →

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.