Photo: unknown; rotated and color-corrected by Howcheng. · Public domainTucson draws about half of Summerhaven’s working residents
Summerhaven has 64 jobs, and 20 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Summerhaven itself; outside it, Tucson draws the most (45%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Summerhaven, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 20 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Summerhaven’s workers come from
Where Summerhaven clocks in
45% of workers
10% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Summerhaven
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Summerhaven, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 64. 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 Summerhaven’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Summerhaven
About 40% 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 Summerhaven: questions
Where do people who live in Summerhaven work?
0% work in town.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Summerhaven, from the people who make the trip.
More of Summerhaven
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.