Photo: The Old Pueblo · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Arivaca commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 70 jobs in Arivaca, against 195 working residents. Only 4% work in Arivaca; the top destination outside it is Tucson (16%, 47 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 18% across Arizona.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Arivaca
On a workday 187 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Arivaca on a workday afternoon, 47% 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.
The towns that employ Arivaca’s residents
Where Arivaca clocks in
16% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Arivaca
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arivaca, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 70. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Arivaca
of Arivaca workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 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.
How far Arivaca’s workers travel
About 54% 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 Arivaca: questions
What is the median household income in Arivaca?
$30,542 (±$14,292) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arivaca?
49.3%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Arivaca work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tucson (16%, 47 mi), Phoenix (15%, 146 mi), Sahuarita (8%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arivaca without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arivaca, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arivaca
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.