Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Wintersburg has 2.1 jobs per working resident, and 84 people come in to work
Hardly any work in Wintersburg; the top destination outside it is Phoenix (30%, 46 miles). Employers in Wintersburg report 84 jobs; 40 of its residents have a job. For 33% of workers, the job is at home, against 18% across Arizona.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Wintersburg
On a workday 40 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 200 people are in Wintersburg on a workday afternoon, 29% more 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 Wintersburg’s workers come from
Where Wintersburg clocks in
30% of workers
13% of workers
13% 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.
Jobs in Wintersburg: what the 84 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wintersburg, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 84. 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 Wintersburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Wintersburg
of Wintersburg workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 62 commuters (the 33% 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 Wintersburg 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 2023.
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 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 Wintersburg: questions
What is the poverty rate in Wintersburg?
19.7%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Wintersburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (30%, 46 mi), Tempe (13%, 54 mi), Buckeye (13%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wintersburg 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 Wintersburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wintersburg
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.