Photo: Grand Canyon National Park Service · CC BY 2.0Tusayan draws 687 commuters a day, with 5.3 jobs for every working resident
For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Arizona 18%). There are 704 jobs in Tusayan, and 132 of its residents work somewhere. About one in seven work in Tusayan itself; outside it, Grand Canyon Village draws the most (17%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Tusayan
On a workday 115 residents head out to work and 17 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Tusayan on a workday afternoon, 98% more 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 towns that send workers to Tusayan
Where Tusayan clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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 Tusayan: what the 704 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tusayan, 2013 → 2023: 774 → 704. 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 Tusayan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Tusayan: about 7 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tusayan workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 276 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.
How far it is to work from Tusayan
About 70% 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 Tusayan: questions
What is the poverty rate in Tusayan?
19.8%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tusayan?
7 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tusayan work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Canyon Village (17%, 8 mi), Phoenix (11%, 165 mi), Flagstaff (4%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tusayan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tusayan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tusayan
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.