Work & commute · Oro Valley

Work & commute in Oro Valley, AZ

Most working residents leave Oro Valley for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (37%), Phoenix (10%) and Casas Adobes (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,895 of 15,397 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,502 Oro Valley residents head out of town to work, 1,895 work right here, and 10,053 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oro Valley.

13,502live here, work elsewhere

1,895live and work here

10,053work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oro Valley goes to work

Tucson19.5 mi away

37%5,713

Oro Valley (in town)right here

12%1,895

Phoenix102.4 mi away

10%1,568

Casas Adobes5.8 mi away

6%923

Marana9.7 mi away

5%745

Catalina Foothills9.8 mi away

3%473

Tempe86.8 mi away

2%324

Scottsdale101.2 mi away

2%260

Chandler78.3 mi away

1%195

Mesa80.1 mi away

1%192

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%3,109

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

How far

How far Oro Valley commutes

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

33%

39%

25%

33%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oro Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oro Valley are

11,948 jobs are based in Oro Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oro Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oro Valley

11,948 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Oro Valley residents hold

15,397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+37%

Jobs based in Oro Valley, 2013 → 2023: 8,691 → 11,948. 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.