Phoenix

City Commute Profile

Phoenix, AZ

Where Phoenix’s 763,919 resident workers go each day — 54.6% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Scottsdale.

ArizonaLODES 2023 data
55
Commute Score

55 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Phoenix at a glance
Employed Residents
763,919
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
13.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
54.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
19.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Scottsdale
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Phoenix proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Phoenix commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Phoenix

763,919 commutes, one dot at a time

Phoenix

Where 763,919 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Phoenix, by worker count.

1Phoenix0.0 mi417,130
2Scottsdale12.6 mi74,140
3Tempe13.2 mi67,386
4Glendale7.9 mi28,509
5Chandler21.5 mi24,986
6Mesa22.1 mi23,019
7Peoria13.7 mi12,062
8Gilbert24.7 mi10,556

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Phoenix.

1Phoenix0.0 mi417,130
2Mesa22.1 mi57,472
3Glendale7.9 mi57,332
4Peoria13.7 mi44,072
5Scottsdale12.6 mi41,069
6Chandler21.5 mi36,600
7Gilbert24.7 mi30,928
8Tempe13.2 mi29,267

Top industries

The sectors that employ Phoenix’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance13.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services10.9%
RTRetail Trade8.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.4%
FIFinance and Insurance7.2%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.9%
COConstruction6.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.5%
EDEducational Services5.5%

Phoenix city profile

Who lives in Phoenix — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
1,642,323
Median age
34.9yrs
Median household income
$81,332
Median home value
$420,700
Median gross rent
$1,582/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.6%
Poverty rate
13.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Phoenix

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

8 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps13%
8 Gbps9%
See all internet providers in Phoenix

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).