Households in Kaibito have lower incomes than those in 91% of U.S. towns
3% of workers work from home (Arizona 18%). Poverty touches 29.1% of residents, against 12.5% across Arizona. For jobs and income Kaibito is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kaibito at work: what stands out
A big share show a job far from home
61% 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 ↓
Kaibito is a place people come home to
There are 0 jobs based in Kaibito, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Kaibito’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Kaibito is Page, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (61) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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; with 229 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Kaibito’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Kaibito is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Kaibito’s grade.
Unemployment (10.0%) is left out: Kaibito’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, Kaibito could be anywhere from D− to D.
How many miles Kaibito commutes
About 61% 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.
How many people are in Kaibito by day
On a workday 229 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Kaibito on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
27% of working residents work in Page
Where Kaibito clocks in
27% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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.
Kaibito’s commute takes about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kaibito workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 483 commuters (the 3% 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.
Driving is how Kaibito gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 1.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 497 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). 9.5% of Kaibito households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kaibito’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kaibito next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 844 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,047 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 31% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,067 | Bellemont AZ | 1,701 | $120K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,312 | Pennington Gap VA | 1,568 | $22K | 56.8% | 22.4% | 11% | D− |
| 5,313 | Bylas AZ | 1,551 | $29K | 46.6% | 27.3% | <1% | D− |
| 5,314 | Kaibito AZ | 1,661 | $47K | 29.1% | 10.0% | 0% | D− |
| 5,315 | Fort Belknap Agency MT | 1,227 | $46K | 29.4% | 38.8% | 3% | D− |
| 5,316 | Reform AL | 1,432 | $34K | 43.8% | 7.9% | 8% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Kaibito, 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 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 Kaibito: questions
What is the median household income in Kaibito?
$46,932 (±$24,602) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kaibito?
29.1%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kaibito?
38 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kaibito work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Page (27%, 33 mi), Phoenix (12%, 216 mi), Tempe (7%, 226 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kaibito walkable?
Kaibito is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 1.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kaibito without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kaibito, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kaibito
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.