Most of Whispering Pines commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Whispering Pines; the top destination outside it is Payson (25%, 9 miles). There are 11 jobs in Whispering Pines, against 51 working residents. For 100% of workers, the job is at home; Arizona has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Whispering Pines, and who commutes in
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Whispering Pines on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where Whispering Pines’ working residents head each day
Where Whispering Pines clocks in
25% of workers
22% 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.
Goods, not services: 82% of the jobs in Whispering Pines
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whispering Pines, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 11. 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 Whispering Pines’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Whispering Pines
of Whispering Pines workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Whispering Pines’ commute, mile by mile
About 69% 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.
Next door to Whispering Pines
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whispering Pines workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Pines | – | — | — | — | $72,986 |
| Washington Park | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington Park: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Whispering Pines’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 Whispering Pines: questions
What is the median household income in Whispering Pines?
$72,986 (±$64,213) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whispering Pines?
0.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Whispering Pines work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Payson (25%, 9 mi), Phoenix (22%, 72 mi), Scottsdale (8%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whispering Pines, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whispering Pines
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.