Work & commute · Tucson Estates

Work & commute in Tucson Estates, AZ

Most working residents leave Tucson Estates for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (45%), Phoenix (10%) and Tempe (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

119 of 4,008 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,889 Tucson Estates residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 531 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tucson Estates.

3,889live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

531work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tucson Estates goes to work

Tucson15.1 mi away

45%1,786

Phoenix111.3 mi away

10%410

Tucson Estates (in town)right here

3%119

Tempe95.7 mi away

3%108

Marana19.8 mi away

3%105

Casas Adobes13.1 mi away

3%102

Mesa91 mi away

2%76

Chandler87.1 mi away

2%68

Scottsdale112.4 mi away

1%52

Oro Valley18.8 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,131

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

How far

How far Tucson Estates commutes

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

25%

44%

29%

25%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tucson Estates is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tucson Estates are

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

Jobs based in Tucson Estates

650 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Tucson Estates residents hold

4,008 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+37%

Jobs based in Tucson Estates, 2013 → 2023: 475 → 650. 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.