Stanfield has 2.4 jobs for every working resident: 446 people commute in to work
461 jobs are based in Stanfield; 196 of its residents have a job. Only 8% work in Stanfield; the top destination outside it is Phoenix (20%, 48 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stanfield fills up on a workday
On a workday 181 residents head out to work and 15 work right here.
About 910 people are in Stanfield on a workday afternoon, 41% more 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.
Commuting in to Stanfield: where workers come from
Where Stanfield clocks in
20% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Stanfield makes things: 79% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanfield, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 461. 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 Stanfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Stanfield’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanfield workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 271 commuters (the 0% 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 it is to work from Stanfield
About 22% 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 Stanfield: questions
What is the poverty rate in Stanfield?
21.1%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanfield?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanfield work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (20%, 48 mi), Casa Grande (7%, 12 mi), Chandler (7%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stanfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stanfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanfield
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.