Work & commute · St. David

Work & commute in St. David, AZ

Most working residents leave St. David for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Benson (19%), Tucson (19%) and Phoenix (9%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 497 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 480 St. David residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. David.

480live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. David goes to work

Benson6.6 mi away

19%92

Tucson42.3 mi away

19%92

Phoenix159.3 mi away

9%46

Sierra Vista22.9 mi away

7%33

St. David (in town)right here

3%17

Tombstone14 mi away

3%15

Scottsdale156.6 mi away

2%9

Tempe143.8 mi away

2%8

Mesa136 mi away

1%7

Bisbee37.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%172

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

How far

How far St. David commutes

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

24%

12%

30%

34%

24%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. David is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. David are

118 jobs are based in St. David. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. David’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. David

118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs St. David residents hold

497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−27%

Jobs based in St. David, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 118. 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.