How Sawmill works: jobs, income and commuting
10% of workers work from home, against 18% across Arizona. Hardly any work in Sawmill itself; outside it, Fort Defiance draws the most (32%, 11 miles). The average commute takes 35 minutes each way (Arizona 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sawmill by day and by night
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Sawmill on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 people from Sawmill work
Where Sawmill clocks in
32% of workers
8% 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.
Getting to work from Sawmill takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sawmill workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 129 commuters (the 10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Sawmill
About 26% 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 Sawmill: questions
What is the median household income in Sawmill?
$35,938 (±$13,428) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sawmill?
37.9%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sawmill?
35 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sawmill work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Defiance (32%, 11 mi), St. Michaels (14%, 16 mi), Mesa (8%, 225 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sawmill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sawmill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sawmill
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.