Work & commute · San Luis

Work & commute in San Luis, AZ

Most working residents leave San Luis for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Yuma (29%), Phoenix (12%) and Somerton (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

862 of 7,440 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 6,578 San Luis residents head out of town to work, 862 work right here, and 2,554 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Luis.

6,578live here, work elsewhere

862live and work here

2,554work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Luis goes to work

Yuma11.5 mi away

29%2,167

Phoenix169.9 mi away

12%901

San Luis (in town)right here

12%862

Somerton8.2 mi away

6%431

Tempe173.4 mi away

3%189

Tucson226 mi away

2%166

Scottsdale185.1 mi away

2%116

Mesa185.4 mi away

2%113

Chandler175.4 mi away

1%97

Glendale163.6 mi away

1%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,327

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

How far

How far San Luis commutes

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

24%

39%

36%

24%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Luis is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Luis are

3,416 jobs are based in San Luis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Luis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Luis

3,416 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs San Luis residents hold

7,440 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month34%

−39%

Jobs based in San Luis, 2013 → 2023: 5,620 → 3,416. 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.