Work & commute · Sunsites

Work & commute in Sunsites, AZ

Most working residents leave Sunsites for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (12%), Willcox (9%) and Phoenix (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 241 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 234 Sunsites residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunsites.

234live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunsites goes to work

Tucson62.1 mi away

12%28

Willcox21.4 mi away

9%22

Phoenix172.5 mi away

7%17

Benson28.7 mi away

4%10

Sunsites (in town)right here

3%7

Morenci82.6 mi away

2%6

Tempe157.4 mi away

2%5

Oro Valley74.2 mi away

2%5

Sierra Vista38.1 mi away

2%5

Bisbee37.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%132

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

How far

How far Sunsites commutes

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

31%

18%

11%

41%

31%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunsites is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunsites are

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

Jobs based in Sunsites

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Sunsites residents hold

241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+22%

Jobs based in Sunsites, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 60. 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.