Work & commute · Picture Rocks

Work & commute in Picture Rocks, AZ

Most working residents leave Picture Rocks for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (36%), Marana (12%) and Phoenix (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

92 of 3,637 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 3,545 Picture Rocks residents head out of town to work, 92 work right here, and 422 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Picture Rocks.

3,545live here, work elsewhere

92live and work here

422work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Picture Rocks goes to work

Tucson25.8 mi away

36%1,310

Marana10.9 mi away

12%450

Phoenix97.9 mi away

8%299

Casas Adobes14 mi away

5%185

Flowing Wells14.4 mi away

3%96

Picture Rocks (in town)right here

3%92

Oro Valley16.9 mi away

2%84

Tempe82.3 mi away

2%73

Chandler73.7 mi away

2%62

Catalina Foothills21.6 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%937

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

How far

How far Picture Rocks commutes

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

14%

53%

23%

14%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Picture Rocks 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 Picture Rocks are

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

Jobs based in Picture Rocks

514 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Picture Rocks residents hold

3,637 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+83%

Jobs based in Picture Rocks, 2013 → 2023: 281 → 514. 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.