Earning a living in Mead Ranch
Home is the office for 48% of workers, where Arizona as a whole has 18%. Hardly any work in Mead Ranch itself; outside it, Payson draws the most (29%, 12 miles). Working residents average 31 minutes each way, where Arizona has 25 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Mead Ranch
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Mead Ranch on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 places Mead Ranch commutes to
Where Mead Ranch clocks in
29% of workers
29% 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.
About 31 minutes each way for Mead Ranch’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mead Ranch workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 48% 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 it is to work from Mead Ranch
About 67% 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 Mead Ranch: questions
What is the median household income in Mead Ranch?
$64,414 (±$54,522) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mead Ranch?
18.3%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mead Ranch?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 48% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mead Ranch work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Payson (29%, 12 mi), Phoenix (29%, 76 mi), Star Valley (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mead Ranch 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 Mead Ranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mead Ranch
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.