Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Gold Canyon has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
27% of workers work from home, where Arizona as a whole has 18%. There are 1,056 jobs in Gold Canyon, and 4,094 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Gold Canyon A−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Gold Canyon stands out on work
Gold Canyon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Gold Canyon is Phoenix, 41 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (997) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Gold Canyon
67% of Gold Canyon residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Gold Canyon pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Gold Canyon workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Gold Canyon is a place people come home to
There are 1,056 jobs based in Gold Canyon, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Gold Canyon
27% of Gold Canyon 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Gold Canyon’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gold Canyon is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #21 of 140 in Arizona. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gold Canyon could be anywhere from B to A.
The distance from Gold Canyon to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What Gold Canyon’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gold Canyon, 2014 → 2024: 1,132 → 1,056. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gold Canyon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Gold Canyon: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gold Canyon workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,736 commuters (the 27% 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.
A workday in Gold Canyon: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,897 residents head out to work, 197 work right here, and 859 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Gold Canyon on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
24% of working residents work in Phoenix
Where Gold Canyon clocks in
24% of workers
15% of workers
9% 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.
Getting around Gold Canyon: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gold Canyon is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #84 of 140 in Arizona. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,740 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Gold Canyon households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Gold Canyon’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Gold Canyon is 886th of 2,526 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Paradise Valley AZ | 12,251 | $247K | 5.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 406 | Vail AZ | 16,315 | $131K | 4.3% | 1.6% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 685 | Tanque Verde AZ | 15,866 | $122K | 2.3% | 4.4% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 884 | Burlington WI | 10,951 | $83K | 7.0% | 3.2% | 25% | A− |
| 885 | Haddon Township NJ | 15,649 | $115K | 5.9% | 7.6% | 3% | A− |
| 886 | Gold Canyon AZ | 13,107 | $93K | 3.8% | 3.8% | 5% | A− |
| 887 | Rutland MA | 9,776 | $146K | 2.1% | 5.4% | 6% | A− |
| 888 | Long Lake Township MI | 10,101 | $96K | 3.6% | 3.0% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Gold Canyon, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Gold Canyon and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Apache Junction (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gold Canyon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Canyon | – | A− | C+ | 33 min | $93,377 |
| Apache Junction | 4% | C+ | B | 28 min | $60,975 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gold Canyon’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Gold Canyon: questions
What is the median household income in Gold Canyon?
$93,377 (±$11,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gold Canyon?
3.8%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gold Canyon?
33 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gold Canyon work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (24%, 41 mi), Mesa (15%, 17 mi), Tempe (9%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Gold Canyon walkable?
Gold Canyon is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gold Canyon without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gold Canyon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gold Canyon
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.