Households in Tsaile earn less than those in 89% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 6.7 in Phoenix. Below the poverty line: 46.2% of residents (Arizona 12.5%). For jobs and income Tsaile is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Tsaile, in brief
Tsaile’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Tsaile is St. Michaels, 45 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (32) 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 ↓
Commutes from Tsaile are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 25 across Arizona. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Arizona worker. Time on the road ↓
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 245 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Tsaile
On income, poverty and job access, Tsaile is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Tsaile’s grade.
Unemployment (6.2%) is left out: Tsaile’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Tsaile stays D−.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Tsaile
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.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Tsaile
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tsaile workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 498 commuters (the 12% 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 many people are in Tsaile by day
On a workday 226 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 241 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 (1.06 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.
13% of working residents work in St. Michaels
Where Tsaile clocks in
10% 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.
Tsaile is a services town
260 jobs are based in Tsaile.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tsaile, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 260. 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 Tsaile’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Tsaile
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 50.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 8.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 567 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 22.7% of Tsaile households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Tsaile’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tsaile and other U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 916 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,130 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 31% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,152 | Bellemont AZ | 1,701 | $120K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,702 | Menard TX | 1,356 | $41K | 26.7% | 9.2% | 26% | D− |
| 5,703 | Pleasant Plains Township MI | 1,737 | $33K | 30.0% | 7.5% | 9% | D− |
| 5,704 | Tsaile AZ | 1,696 | $49K | 46.2% | 6.2% | 8% | D− |
| 5,705 | Los Molinos CA | 1,604 | $35K | 34.4% | 13.1% | 6% | D− |
| 5,706 | Fern Acres HI | 1,480 | $40K | 27.4% | 6.8% | 1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Tsaile, 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 Tsaile: questions
What is the median household income in Tsaile?
$48,819 (±$16,981) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tsaile?
46.2%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tsaile?
18 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tsaile work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Michaels (13%, 45 mi), Phoenix (10%, 249 mi), Chinle (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tsaile walkable?
Tsaile is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 50% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tsaile without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tsaile, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tsaile
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.