Work & commute · Tubac

Work & commute in Tubac, AZ

Most working residents leave Tubac for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (17%), Phoenix (11%) and Rio Rico (10%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 319 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 294 Tubac residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 520 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tubac.

294live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

520work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tubac goes to work

Tucson39 mi away

17%53

Phoenix148.3 mi away

11%34

Rio Rico8.8 mi away

10%32

Nogales18.6 mi away

10%31

Tubac (in town)right here

8%25

Sahuarita22.9 mi away

3%10

Green Valley16.2 mi away

3%8

Tempe133 mi away

2%7

Scottsdale150.7 mi away

2%7

Sierra Vista43.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%105

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

How far

How far Tubac commutes

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

13%

25%

26%

36%

13%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tubac is a job hub

1.71jobs 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 Tubac are

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

Jobs based in Tubac

545 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Tubac residents hold

319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+5%

Jobs based in Tubac, 2013 → 2023: 518 → 545. 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.