Work & commute · San Manuel

Work & commute in San Manuel, AZ

Most working residents leave San Manuel for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (15%), Phoenix (11%) and Oro Valley (5%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

156 of 1,331 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 1,175 San Manuel residents head out of town to work, 156 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Manuel.

1,175live here, work elsewhere

156live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Manuel goes to work

Tucson34.2 mi away

15%198

San Manuel (in town)right here

12%156

Phoenix107 mi away

11%145

Oro Valley23.5 mi away

5%64

Mesa82.8 mi away

4%52

Saddlebrooke14.1 mi away

3%41

Oracle8.2 mi away

3%36

Scottsdale102.5 mi away

2%31

Tempe92.1 mi away

2%29

Casas Adobes28.4 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%551

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

How far

How far San Manuel commutes

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

16%

12%

29%

43%

16%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Manuel is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Manuel are

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

Jobs based in San Manuel

294 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs San Manuel residents hold

1,331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−70%

Jobs based in San Manuel, 2013 → 2023: 977 → 294. 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.