Most of Arivaca Junction commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 41 jobs in Arivaca Junction for 318 working residents. Only 1% work in Arivaca Junction; the top destination outside it is Tucson (21%, 31 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all (Arizona 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Arivaca Junction at work: what stands out
Arivaca Junction is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Arivaca Junction, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Arivaca Junction has about 370 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Arivaca Junction’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Arivaca Junction is Tucson, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (67) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Arivaca Junction workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 18% across Arizona. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 318 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Arivaca Junction by day and by night
On a workday 314 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Arivaca Junction on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
How many miles Arivaca Junction commutes
About 33% 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.
About 29 minutes each way for Arivaca Junction’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arivaca Junction workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 297 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Arivaca Junction’s working residents head each day
Where Arivaca Junction clocks in
21% of workers
14% 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.
Arivaca Junction is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arivaca Junction, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 41. 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 Arivaca Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Arivaca Junction: questions
What is the median household income in Arivaca Junction?
$61,786 (±$12,601) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arivaca Junction?
14.2%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arivaca Junction?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arivaca Junction work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tucson (21%, 31 mi), Phoenix (14%, 140 mi), Green Valley (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arivaca Junction without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arivaca Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arivaca Junction
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.