About half of Tucson Estates’ working residents commute to Tucson
Jobs & income B: better than 65% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #32 of 140 in Arizona.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns · #109 of 140 in Arizona.
Household incomes here are lower than in 64% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 31 minutes each way (Arizona 25, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Tucson Estates; the top destination outside it is Tucson (45%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Tucson Estates, in brief
Tucson Estates and Tucson trade workers both ways
Tucson is the top workplace for Tucson Estates residents (45%) and also where the most people who work in Tucson Estates come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Tucson Estates is a place people come home to
There are 650 jobs based in Tucson Estates, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tucson Estates has about 8,800 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Tucson Estates workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Tucson Estates has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Tucson Estates went from 475 in 2013 to 650 in 2023, +37%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Tucson Estates’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tucson Estates is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #32 of 140 in Arizona. Unemployment holds Tucson Estates’ grade up (2.4%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($66,582, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tucson Estates could be anywhere from B− to A−.
45% of working residents work in Tucson
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Tucson Estates clocks in
45% of workers
10% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Tucson Estates quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,889 residents head out to work, 119 work right here, and 531 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,800 people are in Tucson Estates on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.16 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.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Arizona
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tucson Estates workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,839 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
What the 650 jobs in Tucson Estates are
650 jobs are based in Tucson Estates. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tucson Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tucson Estates, 2013 → 2023: 475 → 650. 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.
Half of Tucson Estates commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 29% 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.
Most trips from Tucson Estates start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tucson Estates is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #109 of 140 in Arizona. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.9% across Arizona.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,442 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 34% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Tucson Estates households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tucson Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
Tucson Estates is 1,277th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Tucson Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
| # | 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Paradise Valley AZ | 12,251 | $247K | 5.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 724 | Tanque Verde AZ | 15,866 | $122K | 2.3% | 4.4% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 811 | Tucson Mountains AZ | 11,353 | $134K | 8.9% | 3.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,275 | Wilson PA | 8,159 | $83K | 10.5% | 4.1% | 4% | B |
| 1,276 | Fort Gratiot Township MI | 11,715 | $87K | 3.9% | 4.6% | 7% | B |
| 1,277 | Tucson Estates AZ | 12,136 | $67K | 7.8% | 2.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,278 | Harwich MA | 13,635 | $97K | 4.9% | 4.7% | 17% | B |
| 1,279 | Hanover NH | 12,054 | $170K | 5.6% | 6.7% | 34% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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.
Tucson Estates and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Tucson Estates’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tucson Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson Estates | – | B | C− | 31 min | $66,582 |
| Drexel Heights | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $73,508 |
| Valencia West | under 2% | B | D | 37 min | $99,884 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Tucson Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Tucson Estates?
$66,582 (±$8,055) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tucson Estates?
7.8%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tucson Estates?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tucson Estates work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tucson (45%, 15 mi), Phoenix (10%, 111 mi), Tempe (3%, 96 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tucson Estates walkable?
Tucson Estates is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tucson Estates without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tucson Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tucson Estates
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.