Work & commute · Vail

Work & commute in Vail, AZ

Most working residents leave Vail for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (44%), Phoenix (9%) and Catalina Foothills (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

335 of 5,168 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,833 Vail residents head out of town to work, 335 work right here, and 2,427 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vail.

4,833live here, work elsewhere

335live and work here

2,427work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vail goes to work

Tucson13.8 mi away

44%2,299

Phoenix134.4 mi away

9%456

Vail (in town)right here

6%335

Catalina Foothills22.4 mi away

2%93

Casas Adobes28.9 mi away

2%92

Tempe118.7 mi away

2%88

Scottsdale133.4 mi away

1%74

Chandler110.1 mi away

1%69

Marana40.1 mi away

1%68

Sahuarita17.1 mi away

1%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,531

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

How far

How far Vail commutes

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

20%

51%

22%

20%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vail is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vail are

2,762 jobs are based in Vail. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vail’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vail

2,762 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Vail residents hold

5,168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+40%

Jobs based in Vail, 2013 → 2023: 1,968 → 2,762. 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.