Photo: Alan Levine from Strawberry, United States · CC BY 2.0Most of Gisela commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 58% of workers, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole. 26 jobs are based in Gisela, against 202 working residents. Hardly any work in Gisela; the top destination outside it is Phoenix (23%, 59 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Gisela: the gist
A big share show a job far from home
76% 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 ↓
Gisela workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 54 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 414 hours of commuting, 222 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Gisela works from home
58% of Gisela workers work from home, against 18% across Arizona. 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 202 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from Gisela
About 76% 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.
Gisela’s commute takes about 54 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gisela workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 58% 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.
In and out of Gisela on a workday
On a workday 201 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Gisela on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where Gisela’s working residents head each day
Where Gisela clocks in
23% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
In Gisela, 62% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gisela, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 26. 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 Gisela’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Gisela: questions
What is the median household income in Gisela?
$19,572 (±$10,425) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gisela?
39.2%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gisela?
54 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 58% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gisela work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (23%, 59 mi), Payson (10%, 10 mi), Tempe (10%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gisela 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 Gisela, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gisela
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.