Photo: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval · CC BY-SA 4.0Earning a living in Greasewood
Working residents average 28 minutes each way (Arizona 25, U.S. 26). Hardly any stay in Greasewood for work; outside it, Phoenix is the main destination (15%, 186 miles). The Census job records count 62 working residents of Greasewood and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Greasewood on a workday afternoon
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Greasewood on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where people from Greasewood work
Where Greasewood clocks in
15% 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 to work from Greasewood takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greasewood workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 18% 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.
Miles to work from Greasewood
About 55% 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.
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 Greasewood: questions
What is the median household income in Greasewood?
$29,583 (±$11,576) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greasewood?
40.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greasewood?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greasewood work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (15%, 186 mi), St. Michaels (13%, 44 mi), Ganado (8%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Greasewood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greasewood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greasewood
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.