Work & commute · Oracle

Work & commute in Oracle, AZ

Most working residents leave Oracle for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (14%), Phoenix (13%) and Oro Valley (7%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 921 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 877 Oracle residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oracle.

877live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

208work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oracle goes to work

Tucson31.9 mi away

14%126

Phoenix100.8 mi away

13%117

Oro Valley17.2 mi away

7%64

Oracle (in town)right here

5%44

Mesa76.9 mi away

3%32

Saddlebrooke6.5 mi away

3%28

Tempe85.7 mi away

3%27

Chandler77.6 mi away

2%23

Gilbert73.9 mi away

2%22

Casas Adobes22.8 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%416

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

How far

How far Oracle commutes

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

11%

18%

27%

45%

11%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oracle is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oracle are

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

Jobs based in Oracle

252 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Oracle residents hold

921 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−12%

Jobs based in Oracle, 2013 → 2023: 285 → 252. 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.