Work & commute · Tacna

Work & commute in Tacna, AZ

Most working residents leave Tacna for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Yuma (20%), Wellton (6%) and Phoenix (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 164 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 160 Tacna residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tacna.

160live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tacna goes to work

Yuma35.4 mi away

20%33

Wellton15.3 mi away

6%10

Phoenix123.9 mi away

5%9

Tempe126.8 mi away

2%4

Tacna (in town)right here

2%4

Chandler128.7 mi away

2%3

Yuma Proving Ground29.9 mi away

2%3

Somerton43.3 mi away

1%2

San Luis46.7 mi away

1%2

Tucson184.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%92

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

How far

How far Tacna commutes

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

31%

37%

28%

31%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tacna is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tacna are

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

Jobs based in Tacna

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Tacna residents hold

164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+2100%

Jobs based in Tacna, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 22. 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.