Photo: Seasider53 · CC BY 4.0Camp Verde has higher unemployment (5.8%) than 72% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Camp Verde itself; outside it, Phoenix draws the most (14%, 70 miles). Jobs and income earn Camp Verde C−; getting around on foot earns it B−. For 7% of workers, the job is at home, against 18% across Arizona.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Camp Verde, in brief
Camp Verde’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Camp Verde is Phoenix, 70 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (622) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
The figures behind Camp Verde’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Camp Verde is better than 15% of U.S. towns, #103 of 140 in Arizona. Household income holds Camp Verde’s grade up ($69,203, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Camp Verde could be anywhere from D to C+.
How far Camp Verde’s workers travel
About 37% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,232 residents head out to work, 1,366 work right here, and 2,119 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
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 employ Camp Verde’s residents
Where Camp Verde clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
What work there is in Camp Verde: 3,485 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camp Verde, 2013 → 2023: 2,810 → 3,485. 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 Camp Verde’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Camp Verde spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camp Verde workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,389 commuters (the 7% 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.
Getting around Camp Verde: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Camp Verde is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #66 of 140 in Arizona. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,739 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.2% of Camp Verde households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Camp Verde’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, and where Camp Verde sits
| # | 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 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Paradise Valley AZ | 12,251 | $247K | 5.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 381 | Vail AZ | 16,315 | $131K | 4.3% | 1.6% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 637 | Tanque Verde AZ | 15,866 | $122K | 2.3% | 4.4% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,145 | Flowing Wells AZ | 16,559 | $40K | 24.0% | 8.9% | 4% | C− |
| 2,146 | Ukiah CA | 16,068 | $66K | 17.9% | 9.6% | 39% | C− |
| 2,147 | Camp Verde AZ | 12,581 | $69K | 15.5% | 5.8% | 30% | C− |
| 2,148 | Macomb IL | 14,530 | $44K | 25.1% | 10.4% | 45% | C− |
| 2,149 | Winfield KS | 11,745 | $57K | 15.4% | 7.3% | 39% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Camp Verde, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Camp Verde and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Camp Verde workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Verde | – | C− | B− | 27 min | $69,203 |
| Cottonwood | 7% | C− | B+ | 19 min | $48,448 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cottonwood. Darker towns draw more of Camp Verde’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Camp Verde: questions
What is the median household income in Camp Verde?
$69,203 (±$6,326) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camp Verde?
15.5%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camp Verde?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camp Verde work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (14%, 70 mi), Cottonwood (7%, 14 mi), Sedona (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Camp Verde walkable?
Camp Verde is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camp Verde without a car?
1% 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 Camp Verde, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camp Verde
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.