Isaacson Building · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Household incomes in St. Johns are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 4.8%, next to 12.5% for Arizona as a whole. For jobs and income St. Johns is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (C−). About one in seven work in St. Johns; the top destination outside it is Phoenix (13%, 168 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where St. Johns stands out on work
St. Johns’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside St. Johns is Phoenix, 168 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (80) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
49% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in St. Johns than ten years ago
Jobs counted in St. Johns fell from 964 in 2013 to 478 in 2023, −50%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 634 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind St. Johns’ Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds St. Johns’ grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Johns could be anywhere from B to A.
Near or far: the trip to work from St. Johns
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.
The 478 jobs based in St. Johns
478 jobs are based in St. Johns.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Johns, 2013 → 2023: 964 → 478. 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 St. Johns’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of St. Johns
On a workday 554 residents head out to work, 80 work right here, and 398 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 (0.75 per resident).
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 St. Johns goes to work
Where St. Johns clocks in
13% of workers
7% 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.
How long St. Johns spends getting to work: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Johns workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 964 commuters (the 17% 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.
In St. Johns, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.9% across Arizona.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,155 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.3% of St. Johns households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Johns’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500, St. Johns comes 904th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 892 | Kachina Village AZ | 3,212 | $90K | 4.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 902 | Red Cedar WI | 2,480 | $100K | 7.2% | 1.5% | <1% | A− |
| 903 | Blue Ridge VA | 2,800 | $76K | 2.5% | 2.8% | <1% | A− |
| 904 | St. Johns AZ | 3,336 | $132K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 13% | A− |
| 905 | Pioneer Village KY | 2,794 | $84K | 11.6% | 1.6% | <1% | A− |
| 906 | Islandia NY | 3,733 | $116K | 7.7% | 5.5% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,281 | Clifton AZ | 3,752 | $78K | 2.5% | 0.8% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,628 | Carefree AZ | 3,600 | $147K | 11.3% | 3.8% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of St. Johns, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
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 St. Johns: questions
What is the median household income in St. Johns?
$131,968 (±$18,394) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Johns?
4.8%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Johns?
16 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Johns work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (13%, 168 mi), Springerville (7%, 23 mi), Show Low (4%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Johns walkable?
St. Johns is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Johns without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Johns, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Johns
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.