Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0Guadalupe has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 169 jobs in Guadalupe for 2,083 working residents. Jobs and income earn Guadalupe C+; getting around on foot earns it A−. Measured by household income, Guadalupe is behind 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Guadalupe, in brief
Much of Guadalupe works one town over
58% of working residents work in a town that borders Guadalupe: Phoenix (33%) and Tempe (25%). Next door ↓
Guadalupe is a place people come home to
There are 169 jobs based in Guadalupe, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Guadalupe has about 3,200 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Guadalupe residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Commutes from Guadalupe are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 25 across Arizona. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Arizona worker. 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.
How Guadalupe earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Guadalupe is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #67 of 140 in Arizona. Job access by car holds Guadalupe’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (27.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Guadalupe could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Guadalupe
On a workday 2,073 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Guadalupe on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
How far Guadalupe’s workers travel
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.
The daily trip from Guadalupe: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Guadalupe workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,074 commuters (the 7% 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.
33% of working residents work in Phoenix
Where Guadalupe clocks in
33% of workers
25% 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.
What Guadalupe’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Guadalupe, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 169. 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 Guadalupe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Guadalupe is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Guadalupe is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #21 of 140 in Arizona. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.9% across Arizona.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,220 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 26% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.0% of Guadalupe households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Guadalupe’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Guadalupe is 2,465th of 3,627 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 357 | Litchfield Park AZ | 6,727 | $126K | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 359 | Citrus Park AZ | 5,115 | $141K | 8.8% | 1.3% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 446 | Rincon Valley AZ | 6,512 | $132K | 4.1% | 1.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,463 | Shelby NY | 4,792 | $66K | 12.5% | 4.2% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,464 | Valdez AK | 3,681 | $99K | 5.8% | 10.1% | — | C+ |
| 2,465 | Guadalupe AZ | 5,093 | $51K | 27.1% | 4.5% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,466 | Alexandria IN | 5,223 | $64K | 7.8% | 7.2% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,467 | Bar Harbor ME | 5,352 | $77K | 10.1% | 4.4% | 57% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Guadalupe, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Guadalupe and its neighbors: 58% work next door
The biggest share goes to Phoenix (33%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Guadalupe’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 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 Guadalupe: questions
What is the median household income in Guadalupe?
$51,354 (±$14,903) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Guadalupe?
27.1%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Guadalupe?
19 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Guadalupe work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (33%, 16 mi), Tempe (25%, 2 mi), Mesa (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Guadalupe walkable?
Guadalupe is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Guadalupe without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 26% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Guadalupe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Guadalupe
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. 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.