With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of San Simon works elsewhere
Only 4% stay in San Simon for work; outside it, Tucson is the main destination (11%, 96 miles). There are 28 jobs in San Simon, against 53 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of San Simon, and who commutes in
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in San Simon on a workday afternoon, 10% 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 places San Simon commutes to
Where San Simon clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in San Simon: what the 28 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in San Simon, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 28. 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 San Simon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from San Simon: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of San Simon workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 85 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.
The commute from San Simon, by distance
About 63% 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 San Simon: questions
What is the median household income in San Simon?
$41,111 (±$35,465) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in San Simon?
22.1%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from San Simon?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in San Simon work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tucson (11%, 96 mi), Bisbee (6%, 73 mi), Bowie (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around San Simon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from San Simon, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Simon
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.