Work & commute · Mescal

Work & commute in Mescal, AZ

Most working residents leave Mescal for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (24%), Benson (17%) and Phoenix (8%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 560 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 547 Mescal residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mescal.

547live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mescal goes to work

Tucson28.5 mi away

24%137

Benson7.3 mi away

17%96

Phoenix146.7 mi away

8%44

Sierra Vista28.8 mi away

5%29

Mescal (in town)right here

2%13

Vail15.5 mi away

2%10

Tempe131.1 mi away

2%9

Marana53.4 mi away

2%9

St. David13.8 mi away

2%9

Tombstone26.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%197

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

How far

How far Mescal commutes

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

22%

10%

44%

25%

22%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mescal is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mescal are

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

Jobs based in Mescal

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Mescal residents hold

560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+138%

Jobs based in Mescal, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 133. 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.