Work & commute · San Jose

Work & commute in San Jose, AZ

Most working residents leave San Jose for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Safford (26%), Morenci (17%) and Phoenix (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 140 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 140 San Jose residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Jose.

140live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Jose goes to work

Safford6.1 mi away

26%37

Morenci22.5 mi away

17%24

Phoenix153.4 mi away

11%16

Thatcher10 mi away

9%13

Tucson87.4 mi away

8%11

Tempe140.9 mi away

3%4

Pima15.3 mi away

1%2

Scottsdale144 mi away

1%2

Swift Trail Junction9.5 mi away

1%2

Huachuca City92.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%28

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

How far

How far San Jose commutes

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

44%

21%

34%

44%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Jose is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Jose are

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

Jobs based in San Jose

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs San Jose residents hold

140 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+113%

Jobs based in San Jose, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 17. 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.