Wide Ruins at work: jobs, income and the commute
The Census job records count 6 working residents of Wide Ruins and no jobs based in it. 0% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole. Hardly any stay in Wide Ruins for work; outside it, Scottsdale is the main destination (17%, 180 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Wide Ruins for work, and who comes in
On a workday 6 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23 people are in Wide Ruins on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Wide Ruins ends
Where Wide Ruins clocks in
17% of workers
17% 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.
Working from home in Wide Ruins
of Wide Ruins workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 commuters (the 0% 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.
The distance from Wide Ruins to work
About 33% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Wide Ruins: questions
What is the poverty rate in Wide Ruins?
0.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Wide Ruins work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scottsdale (17%, 180 mi), St. Michaels (17%, 28 mi), Fort Defiance (17%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Wide Ruins without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wide Ruins, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wide Ruins
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.