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Jobs & commute in Mormon Lake

For about two in five of its working residents, Mormon Lake is a commute to Flagstaff

Home is the office for 0% of workers (Arizona 18%). Hardly any work in Mormon Lake; the top destination outside it is Flagstaff (44%, 21 miles). Employers in Mormon Lake report 20 jobs, and 32 of its residents work somewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Mormon Lake on a workday afternoon

On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.

32live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
20work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night150
Workday140
150live here− 32head out to work+ 20come in to work= 140on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.63jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.63 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Mormon Lake ends

Fredonia: 1 residents work here (3%)ClarkdaleWinslow: 3 residents work here (9%)SedonaHolbrook: 1 residents work here (3%)Fountain Hills: 1 residents work here (3%)Tempe: 1 residents work here (3%)Prescott ValleyCamp VerdeCottonwoodTaylor: 1 residents work here (3%)Tucson: 1 residents work here (3%)Phoenix: 1 residents work here (3%)Prescott: 1 residents work here (3%)Flagstaff: 14 residents work here (44%)GlendaleMormon LakeVillage of Oak Creek (Big Park)Arizona CityFlagstaffWinslowFredoniaHolbrookFountain HillsTempeMormon Lake
1
Flagstaff21.3 mi away
44%14
2
Winslow42.5 mi away
9%3
3
Fredonia153.7 mi away
3%1
4
Holbrook72.6 mi away
3%1
5
Fountain Hills91.6 mi away
3%1
6
Tempe108.8 mi away
3%1
7
Taylor83.2 mi away
3%1
8
Tucson193.5 mi away
3%1
9
Phoenix99.5 mi away
3%1
10
Prescott60.8 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%7
The top trips

Where Mormon Lake clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Jobs in Mormon Lake: what the 20 are

Jobs based in Mormon LakeJobs Mormon Lake residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%28%
Trade, transport & utilities40%13%
Services: health, schools, offices60%59%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less30%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%25%
Over $3,333 a month40%66%

Who does it

29 or younger80%6%
30 to 5410%66%
55 and older10%28%
+82%

Jobs based in Mormon Lake, 2014 → 2024: 11 → 20. 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 Mormon Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Mormon Lake

Working from home
0%

of Mormon Lake workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Mormon Lake gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 45 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.

How far

How many miles Mormon Lake commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFlagstaff: 44% · 21.3 miWinslow: 9% · 42.5 miFredonia: 3% · 153.7 miHolbrook: 3% · 72.6 miFountain Hills: 3% · 91.6 miTempe: 3% · 108.8 miTaylor: 3% · 83.2 miTucson: 3% · 193.5 miPhoenix: 3% · 99.5 miPrescott: 3% · 60.8 miFlagstaff 44%Winslow 9%Fredonia 3%Holbrook 3%Fountain Hills 3%Mormon Lake
Mormon LakeTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
44%10–24 mi14 residents
19%25–50 mi6 residents
38%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 38% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Mormon Lake: questions

What is the poverty rate in Mormon Lake?

9.8%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Mormon Lake work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Mormon 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 Mormon Lake, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Mormon Lake

Mormon Lake home →

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.