Tucson

City Commute Profile

Tucson, AZ

Where Tucson’s 220,304 resident workers go each day — 56.5% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Phoenix.

ArizonaLODES 2023 data
67
Commute Score

67 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Tucson at a glance
Employed Residents
220,304
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
11.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
56.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Phoenix
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Tucson proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Tucson commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Tucson

220,304 commutes, one dot at a time

Tucson

Where 220,304 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Tucson, by worker count.

1Tucson0.0 mi124,573
2Phoenix113.9 mi20,166
3Casas Adobes11.1 mi5,907
4Catalina Foothills6.7 mi5,002
5Tempe100.8 mi4,499
6Marana18.8 mi4,295
7Scottsdale112.3 mi3,014
8Mesa95.5 mi2,915

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Tucson.

1Tucson0.0 mi124,573
2Casas Adobes11.1 mi13,021
3Catalina Foothills6.7 mi9,380
4Phoenix113.9 mi8,573
5Marana18.8 mi8,293
6Oro Valley15.2 mi6,104
7Drexel Heights8.9 mi5,845
8Sahuarita19.4 mi4,381

Top industries

The sectors that employ Tucson’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance19.7%
EDEducational Services13.3%
RTRetail Trade11.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services9.4%
PAPublic Administration6.3%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.2%
TRTransportation and Warehousing3.8%
COConstruction3.8%

Tucson city profile

Who lives in Tucson — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
547,073
Median age
34.6yrs
Median household income
$57,073
Median home value
$266,200
Median gross rent
$1,145/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
31.1%
Poverty rate
18.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Tucson

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

11 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps98% of homes
2 Gbps85%
5 Gbps39%
8 Gbps39%
See all internet providers in Tucson

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).