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Jobs & commute in Wall Lane

Work means Yuma for more than half of Wall Lane’s working residents

Hardly any stay in Wall Lane for work; outside it, Yuma is the main destination (53%, 15 miles). For 9% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole. Working residents average 24 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

In and out of Wall Lane on a workday

On a workday 129 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.

129live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
61work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night370
Workday310
370live here− 130head out to work+ 61come in to work= 310on a workday

About 310 people are in Wall Lane on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.47jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.47 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Wall Lane commutes to

Somerton: 13 residents work here (10%)Tempe: 1 residents work here (1%)San Luis: 2 residents work here (2%)GilbertScottsdale: 1 residents work here (1%)Phoenix: 12 residents work here (9%)Yuma: 69 residents work here (53%)Chandler: 2 residents work here (2%)MesaFlagstaff: 1 residents work here (1%)Arcadia: 1 residents work here (1%)El CentroDonovan EstatesWall LaneGadsdenDatelandFortuna Foothills: 1 residents work here (1%)YumaSomertonPhoenixSan LuisChandlerTempeWall Lane
1
Yuma14.7 mi away
53%69
2
Somerton3.9 mi away
10%13
3
Phoenix164.3 mi away
9%12
4
San Luis11.9 mi away
2%2
5
Chandler171.2 mi away
2%2
6
Tempe168.7 mi away
1%1
7
Scottsdale179.4 mi away
1%1
8
Flagstaff248.8 mi away
1%1
9
Arcadia, CA217.2 mi away
1%1
10
Fortuna Foothills18.2 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
20%26
The top trips

Where Wall Lane clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Factories, building and farms: 64% of the jobs in Wall Lane

61 jobs are based in Wall Lane.

Jobs based in Wall LaneJobs Wall Lane residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms64%31%
Trade, transport & utilities30%19%
Services: health, schools, offices7%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%29%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%40%
Over $3,333 a month54%31%

Who does it

29 or younger30%26%
30 to 5451%47%
55 and older20%27%
+24%

Jobs based in Wall Lane, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 61. 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 Wall Lane’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 24 minutes from Wall Lane

A year of commuting
184 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Wall Lane24 min
Arizona25 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

of Wall Lane workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Wall Lane gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 115 commuters (the 9% 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

The distance from Wall Lane to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miYuma: 53% · 14.7 miSomerton: 10% · 3.9 miPhoenix: 9% · 164.3 miSan Luis: 2% · 11.9 miChandler: 2% · 171.2 miTempe: 1% · 168.7 miScottsdale: 1% · 179.4 miFlagstaff: 1% · 248.8 miArcadia: 1% · 217.2 miFortuna Foothills: 1% · 18.2 miYuma 53%Somerton 10%Phoenix 9%San Luis 2%Chandler 2%Wall Lane
Wall LaneTop destinations (size = commuters)
73%Under 10 mi94 residents
12%10–24 mi15 residents
1%25–50 mi1 residents
15%Over 50 mi19 residents

About 15% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Wall Lane: questions

What is the median household income in Wall Lane?

$81,750 (±$67,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Wall Lane?

11.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Wall Lane?

24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Wall Lane work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Wall Lane without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Wall Lane, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Wall Lane

Wall Lane home →

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.