Maish Vaya has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Maish Vaya report 2 jobs; 5 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Maish Vaya itself; outside it, Phoenix draws the most (20%, 97 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where Arizona as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Maish Vaya
On a workday 5 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
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 the trip to work from Maish Vaya ends
Where Maish Vaya clocks in
20% of workers
20% of workers
20% 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.
In Maish Vaya, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maish Vaya, 2014 → 2024: 9 → 2. 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 Maish Vaya’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Maish Vaya
of Maish Vaya workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Maish Vaya
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 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 Maish Vaya: questions
What is the poverty rate in Maish Vaya?
44.7%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Maish Vaya work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (20%, 97 mi), Glendale (20%, 94 mi), Sells (20%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Maish Vaya without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 33% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maish Vaya, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maish Vaya
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.