Jobs, income and commuting in Pine Lake, AZ
Employers in Pine Lake report 19 jobs, and 33 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole. Hardly any work in Pine Lake itself; outside it, Kingman draws the most (30%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Pine Lake, and who commutes in
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 84 people are in Pine Lake on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Where Pine Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Pine Lake clocks in
30% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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
Jobs based in Pine Lake, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 19. 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 Pine Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Pine Lake
of Pine Lake workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 66 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.
Pine Lake’s commute, mile by mile
About 52% 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 Pine Lake: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pine Lake?
0.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pine Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kingman (30%, 12 mi), Tucson (6%, 266 mi), Buckeye (6%, 134 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine 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 Pine Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Lake
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.