Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Wittmann works elsewhere
Only 3% stay in Wittmann for work; outside it, Phoenix is the main destination (39%, 29 miles). There are 185 jobs in Wittmann for 355 working residents. For 8% of workers, the job is at home, where Arizona as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Wittmann in brief
39% of Wittmann works in Phoenix
140 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Phoenix, 29 miles away. That’s 13 times as many as work in Wittmann itself. The commute map ↓
Wittmann workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical 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 355 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Wittmann commutes to
Where Wittmann clocks in
39% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Arizona
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wittmann workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 356 commuters (the 8% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Wittmann
On a workday 346 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Wittmann on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wittmann, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 185. 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 Wittmann’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Wittmann commutes less than 28 miles
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 Wittmann compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Surprise (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Wittmann’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 Wittmann: questions
What is the poverty rate in Wittmann?
0.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wittmann?
34 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wittmann work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (39%, 29 mi), Surprise (7%, 8 mi), Glendale (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wittmann without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wittmann, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wittmann
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.