Work & commute · Bisbee

Work & commute in Bisbee, AZ

About one in 3 of Bisbee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tucson (11%), Sierra Vista (10%) and Phoenix (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

390 of 1,360 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 970 Bisbee residents head out of town to work, 390 work right here, and 1,496 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bisbee.

970live here, work elsewhere

390live and work here

1,496work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bisbee goes to work

Bisbee (in town)right here

29%390

Tucson75.9 mi away

11%152

Sierra Vista25.2 mi away

10%134

Phoenix195.9 mi away

7%98

Sierra Vista Southeast17.3 mi away

2%30

Tempe180.3 mi away

2%29

Naco3.6 mi away

2%29

Elfrida24.2 mi away

2%28

Tombstone24.1 mi away

2%21

Casas Adobes90.9 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%428

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bisbee commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

19%

42%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bisbee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bisbee are

1,886 jobs are based in Bisbee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bisbee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bisbee

1,886 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Bisbee residents hold

1,360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−25%

Jobs based in Bisbee, 2013 → 2023: 2,511 → 1,886. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.