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The two grades for LeChee are D for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Employers in LeChee report 27 jobs; 270 of its residents have a job. 1% of workers work from home, where Arizona as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set LeChee apart
A big share show a job far from home
60% 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 ↓
LeChee is a place people come home to
There are 27 jobs based in LeChee, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
LeChee and Page trade workers both ways
Page is the top workplace for LeChee residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in LeChee come from (56% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 270 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind LeChee’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, LeChee is better than 9% of U.S. towns. Household income holds LeChee’s grade up ($61,731, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: LeChee’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, LeChee could be anywhere from D− to C.
How far it is to work from LeChee
About 60% 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.
Who leaves LeChee for work, and who comes in
On a workday 270 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in LeChee on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
26% of working residents work in Page
Where LeChee clocks in
26% 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 LeChee’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in LeChee, 2013 → 2023: 659 → 27. 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 LeChee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 21 minutes in LeChee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of LeChee workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 559 commuters (the 1% 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.
The commute in LeChee is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, LeChee is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 1.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 564 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). 2.5% of LeChee households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of LeChee’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,504th of 5,400: where LeChee ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 735 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 839 | Mountainaire AZ | 1,103 | $112K | 5.2% | 5.7% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 954 | Bellemont AZ | 1,701 | $120K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,502 | Ten Lake Township MN | 1,092 | $71K | 24.1% | 10.9% | 2% | D |
| 4,503 | Williamstown NY | 1,356 | $62K | 16.7% | 4.6% | 3% | D |
| 4,504 | LeChee AZ | 1,307 | $62K | 15.1% | 3.3% | 0% | D |
| 4,505 | Andrews FL | 1,275 | $53K | 13.6% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,506 | Sunnyside GA | 1,031 | $44K | 21.7% | 0.0% | <1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 LeChee, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
LeChee and its neighbors: 26% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Page. Darker towns draw more of LeChee’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 LeChee: questions
What is the median household income in LeChee?
$61,731 (±$12,160) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in LeChee?
15.1%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from LeChee?
21 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in LeChee work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Page (26%, 7 mi), Phoenix (9%, 230 mi), St. Michaels (9%, 154 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is LeChee walkable?
LeChee is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 1.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around LeChee without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from LeChee, from the people who make the trip.
More of LeChee
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.