Amado has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 12 jobs in Amado, against 50 working residents. Only 2% work in Amado; the top destination outside it is Tucson (28%, 33 miles). 100% of workers work from home; Arizona has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Amado for work, and who comes in
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15 people are in Amado on a workday afternoon, 72% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Amado ends
Where Amado clocks in
28% of workers
14% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Most jobs in Amado are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amado, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 12. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amado’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Amado
of Amado workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Amado, by distance
About 32% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Amado: questions
What is the poverty rate in Amado?
45.3%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Amado work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tucson (28%, 33 mi), Tubac (14%, 6 mi), Phoenix (12%, 143 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amado, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amado
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.