With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Roosevelt Estates works elsewhere
9% of workers work from home, where Arizona as a whole has 18%. Employers in Roosevelt Estates report 20 jobs for 179 working residents. Only 2% work in Roosevelt Estates; the top destination outside it is Phoenix (19%, 63 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Roosevelt Estates quiets down on a workday
On a workday 176 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Roosevelt Estates on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
The places Roosevelt Estates commutes to
Where Roosevelt Estates clocks in
19% of workers
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Roosevelt Estates
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 Roosevelt Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Roosevelt Estates
of Roosevelt Estates workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 82 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where in the region Roosevelt Estates 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 Roosevelt Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Roosevelt Estates?
$53,707 (±$13,795) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roosevelt Estates?
11.1%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Roosevelt Estates work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (19%, 63 mi), Globe (11%, 22 mi), Tucson (7%, 102 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roosevelt Estates 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 Roosevelt Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roosevelt Estates
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.