Work & commute · San Tan Valley

Work & commute in San Tan Valley, AZ

Most working residents leave San Tan Valley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (24%), Mesa (14%) and Chandler (10%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,773 of 52,309 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 50,536 San Tan Valley residents head out of town to work, 1,773 work right here, and 4,717 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Tan Valley.

50,536live here, work elsewhere

1,773live and work here

4,717work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Tan Valley goes to work

Phoenix40.8 mi away

24%12,339

Mesa17.6 mi away

14%7,226

Chandler18.2 mi away

10%5,330

Tempe25.8 mi away

9%4,864

Gilbert13.9 mi away

8%4,246

Scottsdale39 mi away

5%2,630

Queen Creek5.1 mi away

4%2,217

San Tan Valley (in town)right here

3%1,773

Tucson81.5 mi away

3%1,569

Florence11.4 mi away

2%874

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%9,241

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

How far

How far San Tan Valley commutes

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

10%

38%

42%

11%

10%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Tan Valley 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 Tan Valley are

6,490 jobs are based in San Tan Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Tan Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Tan Valley

6,490 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs San Tan Valley residents hold

52,309 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+180%

Jobs based in San Tan Valley, 2013 → 2023: 2,317 → 6,490. 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.