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Jobs & commute in Freedom Acres

Freedom Acres has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Arizona as a whole has 18%. Employers in Freedom Acres report 3 jobs, and 32 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Freedom Acres; the top destination outside it is Phoenix (28%, 68 miles).

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

Day and night

A workday in Freedom Acres: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

32live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night48
Workday19
48live here− 32head out to work+ 3come in to work= 19on a workday

About 19 people are in Freedom Acres on a workday afternoon, 60% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.09jobs 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

Where the trip to work from Freedom Acres ends

Payson: 8 residents work here (25%)Fountain Hills: 1 residents work here (3%)Tempe: 2 residents work here (6%)Gilbert: 1 residents work here (3%)Tucson: 1 residents work here (3%)Scottsdale: 2 residents work here (6%)Phoenix: 9 residents work here (28%)Chandler: 1 residents work here (3%)Mesa: 1 residents work here (3%)Flagstaff: 1 residents work here (3%)Beaver ValleyFreedom AcresPhoenixPaysonTempeScottsdaleFountain HillsGilbertFreedom Acres
1
Phoenix68.5 mi away
28%9
2
Payson5.3 mi away
25%8
3
Tempe73.7 mi away
6%2
4
Scottsdale54.3 mi away
6%2
5
Fountain Hills55.1 mi away
3%1
6
Gilbert74 mi away
3%1
7
Tucson151.8 mi away
3%1
8
Chandler78.2 mi away
3%1
9
Mesa67.8 mi away
3%1
10
Flagstaff62.5 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
16%5
The top trips

Where Freedom Acres 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

Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Freedom Acres

Jobs based in Freedom AcresJobs Freedom Acres residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%28%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices0%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%3%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%28%
Over $3,333 a month33%69%

Who does it

29 or younger0%13%
30 to 540%53%
55 and older100%34%

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 Freedom Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Freedom Acres

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Freedom Acres gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 21 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

Miles to work from Freedom Acres

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPhoenix: 28% · 68.5 miPayson: 25% · 5.3 miTempe: 6% · 73.7 miScottsdale: 6% · 54.3 miFountain Hills: 3% · 55.1 miGilbert: 3% · 74 miTucson: 3% · 151.8 miChandler: 3% · 78.2 miMesa: 3% · 67.8 miFlagstaff: 3% · 62.5 miPhoenix 28%Payson 25%Tempe 6%Scottsdale 6%Freedom Acres
Freedom AcresTop destinations (size = commuters)
34%Under 10 mi11 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
66%Over 50 mi21 residents

About 66% 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.

Next door

Next door to Freedom Acres

Beaver Valley: few work hereBeaver ValleyFreedom Acres
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownFreedom Acres workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Freedom Acres–———$93,309
Beaver Valleyunder 4%————

Same-state neighbors only. Beaver Valley: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Freedom Acres’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 Freedom Acres: questions

What is the median household income in Freedom Acres?

$93,309 (±$5,841) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Freedom Acres?

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

Where do people who live in Freedom Acres work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (28%, 68 mi), Payson (25%, 5 mi), Tempe (6%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Freedom Acres 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 Freedom Acres, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Freedom Acres

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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.