Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse · Photo: Doncram · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Mayer has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 809 people come in to work
Mayer has 816 jobs, and 449 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Mayer; the top destination outside it is Phoenix (28%, 59 miles). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Arizona 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mayer and work: the main findings
A big share show a job far from home
62% 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 ↓
Mayer and Phoenix trade workers both ways
Phoenix is the top workplace for Mayer residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Mayer come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Mayer is where the jobs are
Mayer has 816 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,200 people are in town, 46% more than the 790 who live here. Day and night ↓
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 449 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of Mayer commutes less than 56 miles
About 62% 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.
Where Mayer’s workforce comes from
Where Mayer clocks in
28% of workers
11% 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.
Mayer on a workday afternoon
On a workday 442 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Mayer on a workday afternoon, 46% more 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.
Services make up most of the work in Mayer
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mayer, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 816. 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 Mayer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Mayer: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mayer workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 409 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.
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 Mayer: questions
What is the median household income in Mayer?
$55,132 (±$28,296) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mayer?
24.3%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mayer?
35 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mayer work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (28%, 59 mi), Prescott (11%, 16 mi), Prescott Valley (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mayer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mayer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mayer
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.