Work & commute · Tucson Mountains

Work & commute in Tucson Mountains, AZ

Most working residents leave Tucson Mountains for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (48%), Phoenix (7%) and Marana (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

105 of 4,467 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,362 Tucson Mountains residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 748 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tucson Mountains.

4,362live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

748work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tucson Mountains goes to work

Tucson15 mi away

48%2,148

Phoenix106.7 mi away

7%318

Marana13.1 mi away

5%204

Casas Adobes5.6 mi away

4%201

Tucson Mountains (in town)right here

2%105

Oro Valley11.2 mi away

2%92

Catalina Foothills11.3 mi away

2%88

Tempe91.1 mi away

2%71

Chandler82.5 mi away

2%68

Mesa85.6 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,120

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

How far

How far Tucson Mountains commutes

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

45%

32%

22%

45%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tucson Mountains is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tucson Mountains are

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

Jobs based in Tucson Mountains

853 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Tucson Mountains residents hold

4,467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+2%

Jobs based in Tucson Mountains, 2013 → 2023: 837 → 853. 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.