Work & commute · Sierra Vista

Work & commute in Sierra Vista, AZ

42% of Sierra Vista’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Tucson (14%), Phoenix (8%) and Sierra Vista Southeast (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

5,551 of 13,340 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,789 Sierra Vista residents head out of town to work, 5,551 work right here, and 7,416 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sierra Vista.

7,789live here, work elsewhere

5,551live and work here

7,416work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sierra Vista goes to work

Sierra Vista (in town)right here

42%5,551

Tucson52.2 mi away

14%1,896

Phoenix173.1 mi away

8%1,054

Sierra Vista Southeast9.5 mi away

3%395

Bisbee25.2 mi away

2%316

Tempe157.5 mi away

2%242

Mesa150.9 mi away

1%180

Scottsdale172 mi away

1%172

Nogales39.2 mi away

1%141

Marana78.7 mi away

1%135

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%3,258

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

How far

How far Sierra Vista commutes

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

47%

42%

47%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sierra Vista is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sierra Vista are

12,967 jobs are based in Sierra Vista. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sierra Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sierra Vista

12,967 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Sierra Vista residents hold

13,340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−4%

Jobs based in Sierra Vista, 2013 → 2023: 13,565 → 12,967. 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.