Work & commute · Pima

Work & commute in Pima, AZ

Most working residents leave Pima for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Safford (22%), Thatcher (9%) and Phoenix (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

149 of 836 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 687 Pima residents head out of town to work, 149 work right here, and 471 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pima.

687live here, work elsewhere

149live and work here

471work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pima goes to work

Safford9.4 mi away

22%184

Pima (in town)right here

18%149

Thatcher7.2 mi away

9%76

Phoenix138 mi away

8%65

Tucson78.7 mi away

5%43

Morenci31.8 mi away

5%43

San Carlos48.2 mi away

2%20

Scottsdale128.7 mi away

2%17

Mesa113.8 mi away

2%16

Tempe125.6 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%212

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

How far

How far Pima commutes

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

57%

34%

57%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pima is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pima are

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

Jobs based in Pima

620 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Pima residents hold

836 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+66%

Jobs based in Pima, 2013 → 2023: 373 → 620. 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.