There are 3.9 jobs in Yuma Proving Ground for every working resident, and 168 people commute in
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Arizona 18%). There are 168 jobs in Yuma Proving Ground for 43 working residents. Hardly any work in Yuma Proving Ground; the top destination outside it is Yuma (14%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Yuma Proving Ground by day and by night
On a workday 43 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 590 people are in Yuma Proving Ground on a workday afternoon, 27% more than live here.
3.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Yuma Proving Ground: where workers come from
Where Yuma Proving Ground clocks in
14% of workers
12% 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.
In Yuma Proving Ground, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yuma Proving Ground, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 168. 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 Yuma Proving Ground’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Yuma Proving Ground
of Yuma Proving Ground workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 172 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Yuma Proving Ground
About 53% 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 Yuma Proving Ground: questions
What is the median household income in Yuma Proving Ground?
$72,712 (±$5,249) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yuma Proving Ground?
0.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Yuma Proving Ground work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yuma (14%, 25 mi), Phoenix (12%, 144 mi), Fortuna Foothills (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Yuma Proving Ground without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yuma Proving Ground, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yuma Proving Ground
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.