Photo: Unknown. 19th Century Photo (1880). More than 120 years since its creation in 1880. · Public domainPinal has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
1 jobs are based in Pinal; 171 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Arizona 18%). Below the poverty line: 7.4% of residents, next to 12.5% for Arizona as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Pinal
On a workday 171 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Pinal on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
25% of working residents work in Globe
Where Pinal clocks in
25% of workers
13% 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 Pinal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Pinal
of Pinal workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 230 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.
The distance from Pinal to work
About 46% 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.
25% of Pinal works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Globe. Darker towns draw more of Pinal’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 Pinal: questions
What is the median household income in Pinal?
$44,036 (±$34,297) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinal?
7.4%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pinal work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Globe (25%, 1 mi), Phoenix (13%, 78 mi), San Carlos (13%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pinal without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pinal, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinal
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.