For more than half of its working residents, Martinez Lake is a commute to Yuma
Only 6% stay in Martinez Lake for work; outside it, Yuma is the main destination (53%, 33 miles). 28% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole. Martinez Lake has 66 jobs for 36 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Martinez Lake, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Martinez Lake on a workday afternoon, 34% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Martinez Lake’s workforce comes from
Where Martinez Lake clocks in
53% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Martinez Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Martinez Lake, 2014 → 2024: 8 → 66. 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 Martinez Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Martinez Lake
of Martinez Lake workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 commuters (the 28% 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.
Half of Martinez Lake commutes less than 21 miles
About 17% 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 Martinez Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Martinez Lake?
$84,000 (±$64,262) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Martinez Lake?
0.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Martinez Lake work?
6% work in town.
Can you get around Martinez Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Martinez Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Martinez Lake
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.