Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0Shumway has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 25% of workers; Arizona has 18%. 20 jobs are based in Shumway, against 75 working residents. Hardly any stay in Shumway for work; outside it, Phoenix is the main destination (17%, 130 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Shumway, and who commutes in
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Shumway on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where the trip to work from Shumway ends
Where Shumway clocks in
17% of workers
16% 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.
Jobs in Shumway: what the 20 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shumway, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 20. 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 Shumway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Shumway
of Shumway workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 25% 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 Shumway works
About 49% 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.
Shumway and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Taylor (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Shumway’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 Shumway: questions
What is the median household income in Shumway?
$56,317 (±$19,938) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shumway?
0.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Shumway work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (17%, 130 mi), Show Low (16%, 10 mi), Snowflake (15%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shumway 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 Shumway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shumway
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.