Photo: derivative work: AFBorchert AZ_264_Second_Mesa_2006_09_08.jpg: Reinhard Schön (original photograph) and Andreas F. Borchert (postprocessing) · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Second Mesa, and the trip to work
For 15% of workers, the job is at home, where Arizona as a whole has 18%. Hardly any work in Second Mesa itself; outside it, Keams Canyon draws the most (19%, 17 miles). No jobs are based in Second Mesa in the Census job records; 139 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Second Mesa quiets down on a workday
On a workday 139 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Second Mesa on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
The towns that employ Second Mesa’s residents
Where Second Mesa clocks in
19% 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.
Working from home in Second Mesa
of Second Mesa workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 150 commuters (the 15% 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 commute from Second Mesa, by distance
About 50% 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.
The towns around Second Mesa
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Second Mesa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Mesa | – | — | — | — | — |
| Shongopovi | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Second Mesa’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 Second Mesa: questions
What is the poverty rate in Second Mesa?
44.6%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Second Mesa work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keams Canyon (19%, 17 mi), Kykotsmovi Village (16%, 9 mi), First Mesa (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Second Mesa 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 Second Mesa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Second Mesa
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.