Household incomes in Kaibab Estates West are lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
9% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Arizona. 16.5% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 12.5% for Arizona as a whole. Kaibab Estates West grades D− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kaibab Estates West: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
75% 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 ↓
Kaibab Estates West’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Kaibab Estates West is Grand Canyon Village, 58 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (69) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Kaibab Estates West workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 256 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Kaibab Estates West
On income, poverty and job access, Kaibab Estates West is better than 2% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Kaibab Estates West’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Kaibab Estates West’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kaibab Estates West could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How far Kaibab Estates West goes to work
About 75% 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.
Each way, about 41 minutes from Kaibab Estates West
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kaibab Estates West workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 206 commuters (the 9% 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 Kaibab Estates West: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 255 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Kaibab Estates West on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.39 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.
27% of working residents work in Grand Canyon Village
Where Kaibab Estates West clocks in
27% of workers
9% 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.
Kaibab Estates West makes things: 66% of its jobs are in goods
99 jobs are based in Kaibab Estates West.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kaibab Estates West, 2014 → 2024: 49 → 99. 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 Kaibab Estates West’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Kaibab Estates West walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kaibab Estates West is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Kaibab Estates West near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 227 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Kaibab Estates West households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kaibab Estates West’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, and where Kaibab Estates West sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 813 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 924 | Mountainaire AZ | 1,103 | $112K | 5.2% | 5.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,029 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 26% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,603 | Stampers Creek Township IN | 1,024 | $51K | 55.0% | 0.0% | 1% | D− |
| 5,604 | Wirt NY | 1,005 | $42K | 21.2% | 5.3% | 1% | D− |
| 5,605 | Kaibab Estates West AZ | 1,403 | $39K | 16.5% | 2.7% | <1% | D− |
| 5,606 | Waldo AR | 1,100 | $41K | 23.7% | 3.7% | 1% | D− |
| 5,607 | Enigma GA | 1,106 | $32K | 49.7% | 1.8% | <1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Kaibab Estates West, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
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 Kaibab Estates West: questions
What is the median household income in Kaibab Estates West?
$38,512 (±$22,011) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kaibab Estates West?
16.5%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kaibab Estates West?
41 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kaibab Estates West work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Canyon Village (27%, 58 mi), Phoenix (9%, 120 mi), Tusayan (9%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kaibab Estates West walkable?
Kaibab Estates West is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kaibab Estates West without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kaibab Estates West, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kaibab Estates West
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.