Heliograph Lookout Complex · Photo: Ezylola · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Swift Trail Junction commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
At home: <1% of workers have no commute at all (Arizona 18%). 148 jobs are based in Swift Trail Junction for 805 working residents. The two grades for Swift Trail Junction are D for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Swift Trail Junction
Swift Trail Junction and Safford trade workers both ways
Safford is the top workplace for Swift Trail Junction residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Swift Trail Junction come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Swift Trail Junction is a place people come home to
There are 148 jobs based in Swift Trail Junction, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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 ↓
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 805 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Swift Trail Junction
On income, poverty and job access, Swift Trail Junction is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #113 of 140 in Arizona. Household income holds Swift Trail Junction’s grade up ($63,074, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Swift Trail Junction’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Swift Trail Junction could be anywhere from D− to C.
29% of working residents work in Safford
Where Swift Trail Junction clocks in
29% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Swift Trail Junction
On a workday 790 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Swift Trail Junction on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Swift Trail Junction
About 41% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Swift Trail Junction, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 148. 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 Swift Trail Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Swift Trail Junction: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Swift Trail Junction workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 887 commuters (the <1% 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.
Few in Swift Trail Junction walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Swift Trail Junction is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #133 of 140 in Arizona. Both inputs place Swift Trail Junction near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 888 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.6% of Swift Trail Junction households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Swift Trail Junction’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Swift Trail Junction ranks: 4,351st of 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 887 | Kachina Village AZ | 3,212 | $90K | 4.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 900 | St. Johns AZ | 3,336 | $132K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,280 | Clifton AZ | 3,752 | $78K | 2.5% | 0.8% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,349 | Woodbine NJ | 2,104 | $46K | 30.3% | 7.3% | 8% | D |
| 4,350 | Coaldale PA | 2,440 | $59K | 21.7% | 9.6% | 2% | D |
| 4,351 | Swift Trail Junction AZ | 2,859 | $63K | 16.2% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,352 | Squaw Valley CA | 3,361 | $50K | 16.3% | 5.0% | 4% | D |
| 4,353 | Hardwick GA | 3,402 | $40K | 23.1% | 5.2% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Swift Trail Junction, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Next door to Swift Trail Junction
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Swift Trail Junction workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swift Trail Junction | – | D | D | 23 min | $63,074 |
| Cactus Flats | under 2% | D | D | 19 min | $58,021 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Swift Trail Junction’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 Swift Trail Junction: questions
What is the median household income in Swift Trail Junction?
$63,074 (±$12,194) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Swift Trail Junction?
16.2%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Swift Trail Junction?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Swift Trail Junction work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Safford (29%, 7 mi), Morenci (10%, 32 mi), Phoenix (8%, 149 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Swift Trail Junction walkable?
Swift Trail Junction is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Swift Trail Junction without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Swift Trail Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of Swift Trail Junction
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.