Work & commute · Miracle Valley

Work & commute in Miracle Valley, AZ

Most working residents leave Miracle Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sierra Vista (23%), Tucson (18%) and Phoenix (9%). Half commute less than 69 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 173 working residents

Typical commute

69 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 171 Miracle Valley residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Miracle Valley.

171live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Miracle Valley goes to work

Sierra Vista15.8 mi away

23%39

Tucson68 mi away

18%31

Phoenix188.9 mi away

9%16

Sierra Vista Southeast6.4 mi away

7%12

Bisbee12.8 mi away

5%8

Tempe173.3 mi away

5%8

Mesa166.6 mi away

3%5

Elfrida34 mi away

3%5

Morenci125.2 mi away

2%3

Tombstone23.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%44

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

How far

How far Miracle Valley commutes

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

32%

54%

8%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Miracle Valley is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Miracle Valley are

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

Jobs based in Miracle Valley

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Miracle Valley residents hold

173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+700%

Jobs based in Miracle Valley, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 24. 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.