With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Red Rock works elsewhere
156 jobs are based in Red Rock, against 1,316 working residents. The two grades for Red Rock are B for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 1% stay in Red Rock for work; outside it, Tucson is the main destination (24%, 41 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Red Rock: the gist
Red Rock’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Red Rock is Tucson, 41 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (313) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Red Rock is a place people come home to
There are 156 jobs based in Red Rock, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Red Rock has about 2,100 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Red Rock workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
The figures behind Red Rock’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Red Rock is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #41 of 140 in Arizona. Unemployment holds Red Rock’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Red Rock could be anywhere from C to A−.
How many miles Red Rock commutes
About 42% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Red Rock
On a workday 1,302 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Red Rock on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Red Rock
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Red Rock workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,346 commuters (the 11% 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.
Commuting out of Red Rock: the destinations
Where Red Rock clocks in
24% of workers
17% of workers
9% 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.
41% of the jobs in Red Rock make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Rock, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 156. 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 Red Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Red Rock, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Red Rock is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #126 of 140 in Arizona. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,514 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.9% of Red Rock households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Red Rock’s commuters take a bus or train.
Red Rock next to U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400: 1,826th of 4,453 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 859 | Kachina Village AZ | 3,212 | $90K | 4.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 870 | St. Johns AZ | 3,336 | $132K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,236 | Clifton AZ | 3,752 | $78K | 2.5% | 0.8% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,824 | Harriman NY | 2,596 | $83K | 8.3% | 5.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,825 | Montgomery Township IN | 4,039 | $68K | 7.4% | 2.2% | 11% | B |
| 1,826 | Red Rock AZ | 3,277 | $80K | 5.1% | 2.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,827 | Liberty Township MI | 3,080 | $103K | 5.1% | 6.4% | 4% | B |
| 1,828 | East Drumore Township PA | 3,935 | $79K | 5.6% | 5.2% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Red Rock, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
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 Red Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Red Rock?
$80,357 (±$11,156) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Rock?
5.1%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Red Rock?
35 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Red Rock work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tucson (24%, 41 mi), Phoenix (17%, 81 mi), Marana (9%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Red Rock walkable?
Red Rock is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Red Rock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Red Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Rock
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.