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Jobs & commute in Leupp

A job hub: Leupp has 4.6 jobs per working resident, and 491 people come in to work

There are 495 jobs in Leupp, and 107 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Leupp; the top destination outside it is Flagstaff (20%, 36 miles). Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, where Arizona as a whole has 18%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Leupp: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 103 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.

103live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
491work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night880
Workday1,300
880live here− 100head out to work+ 490come in to work= 1,300on a workday

About 1,300 people are in Leupp on a workday afternoon, 44% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
4.63jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Leupp’s workforce comes from

Winslow: 64 workers live here (13%)Holbrook: 11 workers live here (2%)Tempe: 4 workers live here (1%)PeoriaScottsdalePhoenix: 14 workers live here (3%)Chino ValleyMesaFlagstaff: 80 workers live here (16%)Albuquerque: 5 workers live here (1%)St. George: 6 workers live here (1%)St. MichaelsTuba City: 65 workers live here (13%)LeuppDoney Park: 13 workers live here (3%)Cameron: 5 workers live here (1%)FlagstaffTuba CityWinslowPhoenixDoney ParkHolbrookLeupp
1
Flagstaff35.6 mi away
16%80
2
Tuba City58.8 mi away
13%65
3
Winslow25.1 mi away
13%64
4
Phoenix134.3 mi away
3%14
5
Doney Park29.1 mi away
3%13
6
Holbrook54.5 mi away
2%11
7
St. George, UT189 mi away
1%6
8
Albuquerque, NM246.3 mi away
1%5
9
Cameron45.3 mi away
1%5
10
Tempe142.1 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%228
The top trips

Where Leupp clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Leupp

Jobs based in LeuppJobs Leupp residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms9%16%
Trade, transport & utilities5%12%
Services: health, schools, offices86%72%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less7%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%35%
Over $3,333 a month52%52%

Who does it

29 or younger14%21%
30 to 5449%54%
55 and older37%24%
+1%

Jobs based in Leupp, 2013 → 2023: 488 → 495. 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 Leupp’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Leupp: about 54 minutes

A year of commuting
416 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Leupp54 min
Arizona25 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Leupp workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Leupp gets to work
71%Drive alone
22%Carpool
6%Walk
1%Other

Share of the 251 commuters (the 4% 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.

How far

How far Leupp goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFlagstaff: 20% · 35.6 miPhoenix: 15% · 134.3 miSt. Michaels: 12% · 110.2 miWinslow: 6% · 25.1 miTempe: 4% · 142.1 miScottsdale: 3% · 121.6 miMesa: 3% · 137.2 miPeoria: 2% · 128.5 miChino Valley: 2% · 88.2 miPhoenix 15%St. Michaels 12%Winslow 6%Tempe 4%Leupp
LeuppTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi4 residents
10%10–24 mi11 residents
27%25–50 mi29 residents
58%Over 50 mi62 residents

About 58% 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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Leupp: questions

What is the median household income in Leupp?

$45,250 (±$13,534) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Leupp?

23.7%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Leupp?

54 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Leupp work?

4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Flagstaff (20%, 36 mi), Phoenix (15%, 134 mi), St. Michaels (12%, 110 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Leupp without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Leupp, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Leupp

Leupp home →

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.