Photo: Richard N Horne · CC BY-SA 4.0Mesa del Caballo has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Mesa del Caballo itself; outside it, Phoenix draws the most (27%, 67 miles). There are 31 jobs in Mesa del Caballo, and 329 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average (Arizona 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mesa del Caballo at work: what stands out
A big share show a job far from home
74% 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 ↓
Mesa del Caballo’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mesa del Caballo is Phoenix, 67 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (90) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Mesa del Caballo is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Mesa del Caballo, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mesa del Caballo has about 650 people in it, 32% fewer than 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 329 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Mesa del Caballo’s commute, mile by mile
About 74% 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.
Mesa del Caballo on a workday afternoon
On a workday 327 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Mesa del Caballo on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 Mesa del Caballo work
Where Mesa del Caballo clocks in
27% of workers
18% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Mesa del Caballo
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mesa del Caballo, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 31. 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 Mesa del Caballo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Mesa del Caballo’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mesa del Caballo workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 440 commuters (the 16% 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 Mesa del Caballo: questions
What is the median household income in Mesa del Caballo?
$57,475 (±$21,620) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mesa del Caballo?
2.2%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mesa del Caballo?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mesa del Caballo work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (27%, 67 mi), Payson (18%, 3 mi), Scottsdale (9%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mesa del Caballo 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 Mesa del Caballo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mesa del Caballo
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.