Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0Transit carries 80% of Gadsden’s commuters to work
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Arizona as a whole has 18%. Hardly any work in Gadsden; the top destination outside it is Yuma (42%, 15 miles). Gadsden has 159 jobs; 264 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gadsden at work: what stands out
Gadsden and Yuma trade workers both ways
Yuma is the top workplace for Gadsden residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in Gadsden come from (36% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Gadsden workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 18% across Arizona. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 264 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Gadsden’s working residents head each day
Where Gadsden clocks in
42% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Working from home in Gadsden
of Gadsden workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 194 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.
Who commutes out of Gadsden, and who commutes in
On a workday 263 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Gadsden on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
Gadsden works in goods: 88% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gadsden, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 159. 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 Gadsden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Gadsden commutes
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 Gadsden: questions
What is the median household income in Gadsden?
$43,535 (±$724) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gadsden?
34.9%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Gadsden work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yuma (42%, 15 mi), Somerton (10%, 6 mi), San Luis (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gadsden without a car?
EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gadsden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gadsden
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.