Lees Ferry · Photo: Nikater · Public domainHouseholds in Page earn more than those in 66% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Page are B− for jobs and income and A for walkability. 10.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.5% across Arizona. More than half stay in Page for work; outside it, Phoenix is the main destination (7%, 235 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Page apart
The biggest group of Page’s workers comes from Phoenix
226 of the people who work in Page live in Phoenix, 235 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Page are quick
The average trip to work takes 10 minutes, against 25 across Arizona. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical Arizona worker. Time on the road ↓
Page is where the jobs are
Page has 4,085 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Page
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Page is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #54 of 140 in Arizona. Household income holds Page’s grade up ($88,826, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Page could be anywhere from D to A−.
Who travels to work in Page, and from where
Where Page clocks in
7% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
Each way, about 10 minutes from Page
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Page workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,129 commuters (the 13% 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.
Page on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,200 residents head out to work, 1,471 work right here, and 2,614 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,600 people are in Page on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Page
About 33% 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.
In Page, services account for most jobs
4,085 jobs are based in Page.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Page, 2013 → 2023: 3,625 → 4,085. 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 Page’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Page, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Page is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #9 of 140 in Arizona. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 7.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,584 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.3% of Page households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Page’s commuters take a bus or train.
Page is 1,907th of 3,164 U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 354 | Litchfield Park AZ | 6,727 | $126K | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 356 | Citrus Park AZ | 5,115 | $141K | 8.8% | 1.3% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 454 | Rincon Valley AZ | 6,512 | $132K | 4.1% | 1.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,905 | Cottonwood CA | 7,408 | $96K | 8.7% | 5.9% | 7% | B− |
| 1,906 | Napili-Honokowai HI | 7,308 | $106K | 8.1% | 6.3% | 6% | B− |
| 1,907 | Page AZ | 7,147 | $89K | 10.6% | 3.3% | 55% | B− |
| 1,908 | Swan Creek Township OH | 8,398 | $69K | 7.1% | 6.0% | 6% | B− |
| 1,909 | Madison GA | 5,179 | $62K | 12.6% | 1.9% | 29% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,164 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Page, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Page and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Page’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Page: questions
What is the median household income in Page?
$88,826 (±$25,269) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Page?
10.6%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Page?
10 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Page work?
55% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (7%, 235 mi), Scottsdale (2%, 226 mi), Glendale (2%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Page walkable?
Page is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Page without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Page, from the people who make the trip.
More of Page
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.