Work & commute · Tombstone

Work & commute in Tombstone, AZ

About one in 3 of Tombstone’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tucson (9%), Sierra Vista (8%) and Phoenix (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

131 of 366 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 235 Tombstone residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 491 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tombstone.

235live here, work elsewhere

131live and work here

491work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tombstone goes to work

Tombstone (in town)right here

36%131

Tucson55.1 mi away

9%34

Sierra Vista17.6 mi away

8%30

Phoenix173.2 mi away

5%17

Bisbee24.1 mi away

3%12

Scottsdale170.5 mi away

3%12

Benson19.7 mi away

3%10

Mesa149.9 mi away

2%9

Marana80.3 mi away

2%8

Tempe157.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%96

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

How far

How far Tombstone commutes

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

36%

20%

41%

36%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tombstone is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tombstone are

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

Jobs based in Tombstone

622 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Tombstone residents hold

366 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+5%

Jobs based in Tombstone, 2013 → 2023: 590 → 622. 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.