Work & commute · Tuba

Work & commute in Tuba, AZ

Most working residents leave Tuba for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (13%), St. Michaels (10%) and Page (7%). Half commute less than 105 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

198 of 1,408 working residents

Typical commute

105 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 1,210 Tuba residents head out of town to work, 198 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tuba.

1,210live here, work elsewhere

198live and work here

290work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tuba goes to work

Tuba City (in town)right here

14%198

Phoenix182.8 mi away

13%185

St. Michaels124.6 mi away

10%141

Page58.3 mi away

7%98

Flagstaff68.2 mi away

5%66

Leupp58.8 mi away

5%65

Tempe193 mi away

4%58

Kykotsmovi Village39.5 mi away

3%46

Mesa190.2 mi away

3%39

Chandler199.4 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%486

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

How far

How far Tuba commutes

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

15%

81%

15%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

81%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tuba is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tuba are

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

Jobs based in Tuba

488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Tuba residents hold

1,408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−65%

Jobs based in Tuba, 2013 → 2023: 1,388 → 488. 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.