Photo: Pretzelpaws [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Oatman has 4.1 jobs per working resident, and 58 people come in to work
The poverty rate is 100.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona. There are 58 jobs in Oatman, against 14 working residents. Hardly any work in Oatman; the top destination outside it is Phoenix (21%, 165 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Oatman, and who commutes in
On a workday 14 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 120 people are in Oatman on a workday afternoon, 59% 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.
Where Oatman’s workforce comes from
Where Oatman clocks in
21% of workers
14% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Oatman: what the 58 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oatman, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 58. 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 Oatman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Oatman works
About 64% 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 Oatman: questions
What is the poverty rate in Oatman?
100.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Oatman work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (21%, 165 mi), Kingman (14%, 25 mi), Bullhead City (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oatman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oatman
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.