Work & commute · Drexel Heights

Work & commute in Drexel Heights, AZ

Most working residents leave Drexel Heights for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (49%), Phoenix (9%) and Casas Adobes (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

345 of 11,165 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,820 Drexel Heights residents head out of town to work, 345 work right here, and 2,051 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Drexel Heights.

10,820live here, work elsewhere

345live and work here

2,051work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Drexel Heights goes to work

Tucson10.4 mi away

49%5,502

Phoenix115.7 mi away

9%1,059

Drexel Heights (in town)right here

3%345

Casas Adobes13.7 mi away

3%285

Tempe100.1 mi away

2%231

Marana22.7 mi away

2%216

Mesa94.9 mi away

1%162

South Tucson5.8 mi away

1%160

Chandler91.4 mi away

1%151

Catalina Foothills14.4 mi away

1%129

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%2,925

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

How far

How far Drexel Heights commutes

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

44%

30%

25%

44%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Drexel Heights is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Drexel Heights are

2,396 jobs are based in Drexel Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Drexel Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Drexel Heights

2,396 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Drexel Heights residents hold

11,165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+172%

Jobs based in Drexel Heights, 2013 → 2023: 880 → 2,396. 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.