Work & commute · Nogales

Work & commute in Nogales, AZ

About one in 3 of Nogales’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tucson (19%), Rio Rico (11%) and Phoenix (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

2,689 of 7,237 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 4,548 Nogales residents head out of town to work, 2,689 work right here, and 4,455 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nogales.

4,548live here, work elsewhere

2,689live and work here

4,455work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nogales goes to work

Nogales (in town)right here

37%2,689

Tucson54.8 mi away

19%1,357

Rio Rico9.9 mi away

11%776

Phoenix166.9 mi away

6%440

Sierra Vista39.2 mi away

2%110

Tempe151.6 mi away

1%107

Tubac18.6 mi away

1%81

Sahuarita39.4 mi away

1%77

Green Valley33.3 mi away

1%75

Scottsdale169.3 mi away

1%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%1,453

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

How far

How far Nogales commutes

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

49%

43%

49%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nogales is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nogales are

7,144 jobs are based in Nogales. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nogales’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nogales

7,144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Nogales residents hold

7,237 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−4%

Jobs based in Nogales, 2013 → 2023: 7,438 → 7,144. 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.