Whiteriver draws more than half of Seven Mile’s working residents
Employers in Seven Mile report 98 jobs, and 100 of its residents work somewhere. 10% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Arizona. Below the poverty line: 75.3% of residents, where Arizona as a whole has 12.5%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Seven Mile on a workday afternoon
On a workday 98 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Seven Mile work
Where Seven Mile clocks in
56% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
In Seven Mile, services account for most jobs
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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seven Mile’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Seven Mile
of Seven Mile workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 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.
How far Seven Mile goes to work
About 28% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bordering towns draw 56% of Seven Mile’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seven Mile workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Mile | – | — | — | — | $55,232 |
| Whiteriver | 56% | D− | C− | 22 min | $37,440 |
| Fort Apache | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| East Fork | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Turkey Creek | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fort Apache, East Fork and Turkey Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Whiteriver. Darker towns draw more of Seven Mile’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 2024, 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 Seven Mile: questions
What is the median household income in Seven Mile?
$55,232 (±$50,336) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seven Mile?
75.3%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Seven Mile work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Seven Mile without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 34% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seven Mile, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seven Mile
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.