Photo: Phxtuc1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Saddlebrooke has higher unemployment (9.3%) than 93% of U.S. towns
Only 8% stay in Saddlebrooke for work; outside it, Tucson is the main destination (20%, 28 miles). Jobs and income earn Saddlebrooke C; getting around on foot earns it D−. For 36% of workers, the job is at home; Arizona has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Saddlebrooke at work: what stands out
Home offices are common in Saddlebrooke
36% of Saddlebrooke workers work from home, against 18% across Arizona. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
50% 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 ↓
Saddlebrooke’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Saddlebrooke is Tucson, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (519) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Saddlebrooke workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Saddlebrooke’s workforce skews older
41% of Saddlebrooke’s working residents are 55 or older. That’s about two in five. The jobs ↓
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 Saddlebrooke’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Saddlebrooke is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #68 of 140 in Arizona. The poverty rate holds Saddlebrooke’s grade up (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Saddlebrooke could be anywhere from C to B+.
The trip to work from Saddlebrooke: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saddlebrooke workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,458 commuters (the 36% 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 many miles Saddlebrooke commutes
About 50% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Saddlebrooke
996 jobs are based in Saddlebrooke.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saddlebrooke, 2013 → 2023: 749 → 996. 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 Saddlebrooke’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Saddlebrooke for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,389 residents head out to work, 207 work right here, and 789 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Saddlebrooke on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.38 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Saddlebrooke: the destinations
Where Saddlebrooke clocks in
20% of workers
16% of workers
5% 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.
Saddlebrooke is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Saddlebrooke is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #138 of 140 in Arizona. Both inputs place Saddlebrooke near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,265 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). 1.3% of Saddlebrooke households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Saddlebrooke’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000, Saddlebrooke ranks 1,885th of 2,526 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Paradise Valley AZ | 12,251 | $247K | 5.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 406 | Vail AZ | 16,315 | $131K | 4.3% | 1.6% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 685 | Tanque Verde AZ | 15,866 | $122K | 2.3% | 4.4% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,883 | Polk Township MO | 13,673 | $57K | 19.7% | 2.4% | 47% | C |
| 1,884 | Vienna Township MI | 13,001 | $70K | 12.3% | 7.2% | 6% | C |
| 1,885 | Saddlebrooke AZ | 13,085 | $89K | 5.4% | 9.3% | 8% | C |
| 1,886 | West Lealman FL | 14,944 | $52K | 17.6% | 5.3% | 2% | C |
| 1,887 | Pine Ridge FL | 10,762 | $71K | 15.1% | 3.5% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Saddlebrooke, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
The towns around Saddlebrooke
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saddlebrooke workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddlebrooke | – | C | D− | 33 min | $88,686 |
| Catalina | under 3% | B− | C | 32 min | $78,207 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Saddlebrooke’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Saddlebrooke: questions
What is the median household income in Saddlebrooke?
$88,686 (±$5,725) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saddlebrooke?
5.4%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saddlebrooke?
33 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saddlebrooke work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tucson (20%, 28 mi), Phoenix (16%, 99 mi), Oro Valley (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Saddlebrooke walkable?
Saddlebrooke is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Saddlebrooke 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 Saddlebrooke, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saddlebrooke
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.