Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0McNeal has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 12 jobs in McNeal, and 48 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in McNeal for work; outside it, Elfrida is the main destination (13%, 5 miles). 11% of workers have no commute at all, where Arizona as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in McNeal, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in McNeal on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Where people from McNeal work
Where McNeal clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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 McNeal, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McNeal, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 12. 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 McNeal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from McNeal: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McNeal workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 11% 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 McNeal goes to work
About 43% 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.
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 McNeal: questions
What is the median household income in McNeal?
$75,357 (±$40,996) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McNeal?
27.2%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McNeal?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McNeal work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elfrida (13%, 5 mi), Phoenix (10%, 196 mi), Bisbee (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McNeal 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 McNeal, from the people who make the trip.
More of McNeal
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.