Most of Three Points commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
5% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole. There are 302 jobs in Three Points; 1,622 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Three Points is better than 14% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Three Points: the gist
Three Points workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Three Points and Tucson trade workers both ways
Tucson is the top workplace for Three Points residents (41%) and also where the most people who work in Three Points come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Three Points is a place people come home to
There are 302 jobs based in Three Points, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Three Points has about 3,900 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Three Points’ Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Three Points’ grade up (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Three Points could be anywhere from D− to B.
About 38 minutes to work from Three Points
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Three Points workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,541 commuters (the 5% 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.
41% of working residents work in Tucson
Where Three Points clocks in
41% of workers
10% of workers
3% 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 and out of Three Points on a workday
On a workday 1,540 residents head out to work, 82 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Three Points on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Jobs in Three Points: what the 302 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Three Points, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 302. 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 Three Points’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Three Points commutes
About 29% 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 commute in Three Points is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,626 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). 3.0% of Three Points households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Three Points’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,582 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100, Three Points comes 3,164th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 360 | Litchfield Park AZ | 6,727 | $126K | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 362 | Citrus Park AZ | 5,115 | $141K | 8.8% | 1.3% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 448 | Rincon Valley AZ | 6,512 | $132K | 4.1% | 1.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,162 | Charleroi PA | 4,112 | $43K | 30.8% | 7.1% | 12% | D |
| 3,163 | Constantia NY | 4,802 | $70K | 18.1% | 8.1% | 6% | D |
| 3,164 | Three Points AZ | 5,254 | $57K | 15.3% | 4.8% | 5% | D |
| 3,165 | Vidalia LA | 3,925 | $48K | 18.7% | 5.3% | 21% | D |
| 3,166 | Plymouth PA | 5,801 | $39K | 24.1% | 6.8% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | 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 Three Points, 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 Three Points: questions
What is the median household income in Three Points?
$56,898 (±$16,247) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Three Points?
15.3%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Three Points?
38 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Three Points work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tucson (41%, 25 mi), Phoenix (10%, 114 mi), Tempe (3%, 99 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Three Points walkable?
Three Points is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Three Points without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Three Points, from the people who make the trip.
More of Three Points
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.