Work & commute · Sahuarita

Work & commute in Sahuarita, AZ

Most working residents leave Sahuarita for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (35%), Phoenix (10%) and Green Valley (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,311 of 11,989 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,678 Sahuarita residents head out of town to work, 1,311 work right here, and 3,174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sahuarita.

10,678live here, work elsewhere

1,311live and work here

3,174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sahuarita goes to work

Tucson16.2 mi away

35%4,165

Sahuarita (in town)right here

11%1,311

Phoenix130.8 mi away

10%1,140

Green Valley6.7 mi away

6%670

Tempe115.2 mi away

2%262

Casas Adobes28.4 mi away

2%213

Chandler106.6 mi away

2%184

Mesa110.4 mi away

1%174

Marana38.2 mi away

1%161

Scottsdale131.8 mi away

1%159

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%3,550

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

How far

How far Sahuarita commutes

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

20%

47%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sahuarita is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sahuarita are

4,485 jobs are based in Sahuarita. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sahuarita’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sahuarita

4,485 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Sahuarita residents hold

11,989 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+64%

Jobs based in Sahuarita, 2013 → 2023: 2,730 → 4,485. 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.