Work & commute · Catalina

Work & commute in Catalina, AZ

Most working residents leave Catalina for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (33%), Oro Valley (11%) and Phoenix (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

171 of 2,567 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,396 Catalina residents head out of town to work, 171 work right here, and 595 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Catalina.

2,396live here, work elsewhere

171live and work here

595work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Catalina goes to work

Tucson23 mi away

33%845

Oro Valley6.3 mi away

11%278

Phoenix102 mi away

10%248

Catalina (in town)right here

7%171

Casas Adobes11.8 mi away

5%133

Marana13.8 mi away

4%104

Saddlebrooke5.2 mi away

3%79

Tempe86.5 mi away

2%64

Flowing Wells14.7 mi away

2%56

Catalina Foothills12.7 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%538

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

How far

How far Catalina commutes

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

21%

49%

25%

21%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Catalina is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Catalina are

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

Jobs based in Catalina

766 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Catalina residents hold

2,567 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−36%

Jobs based in Catalina, 2013 → 2023: 1,202 → 766. 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.