Photo: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and earnings in Indian Wells, and the trip to work
The average commute takes 57 minutes each way, where Arizona has 25 and the U.S. 26. Hardly any stay in Indian Wells for work; outside it, Winslow is the main destination (10%, 43 miles). Indian Wells has 50 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Indian Wells, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Indian Wells on a workday afternoon, 16% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Indian Wells goes to work
Where Indian Wells clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Indian Wells’ commute takes about 57 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Indian Wells workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45 commuters (the 13% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Indian Wells
About 80% 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 2024.
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 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 Indian Wells: questions
What is the median household income in Indian Wells?
$49,250 (±$30,035) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Indian Wells?
31.3%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Indian Wells?
57 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Indian Wells work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winslow (10%, 43 mi), Show Low (8%, 79 mi), Flagstaff (8%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Indian Wells without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Indian Wells, from the people who make the trip.
More of Indian Wells
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.