Photo: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA · CC BY 2.0Work means San Carlos for about half of Peridot’s working residents
A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. For 5% of workers, the job is at home (Arizona 18%). Peridot has 76 jobs, and 178 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Peridot
On a workday 172 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Peridot on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.43 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 Peridot commutes to
Where Peridot clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Peridot’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Peridot: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peridot workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 196 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Peridot
About 35% 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.
49% of Peridot works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Peridot workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peridot | – | — | — | 25 min | $34,375 |
| San Carlos | 49% | D− | D | 21 min | $56,302 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to San Carlos. Darker towns draw more of Peridot’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 Peridot: questions
What is the median household income in Peridot?
$34,375 (±$30,378) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peridot?
33.8%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peridot?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peridot work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Peridot without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 36% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peridot, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peridot
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.