Household incomes in Centennial Park top those of 97% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average; the Arizona average is 25, the U.S. 26. 3.5% of residents are in poverty; Arizona has 12.5%. Centennial Park grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Centennial Park
Centennial Park and Colorado City trade workers both ways
Colorado City is the top workplace for Centennial Park residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Centennial Park come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
48% of the jobs based in Centennial Park are held by workers 29 or younger, against 38% of Centennial Park’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Centennial Park’s working residents have a job less than 3 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 30 minutes, longer than the Arizona average of 25. Time on the road ↓
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; with 475 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Centennial Park
On income, poverty and job access, Centennial Park is better than 70% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Centennial Park’s grade up ($167,872, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Centennial Park’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Centennial Park could be anywhere from C− to A−.
20% of working residents work in Colorado City
Where Centennial Park clocks in
20% 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.
What work there is in Centennial Park: 546 jobs
546 jobs are based in Centennial Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centennial Park, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 546. 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 Centennial Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Centennial Park spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centennial Park workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 563 commuters (the 23% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Centennial Park
On a workday 326 residents head out to work, 149 work right here, and 397 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 (1.15 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.
Half of Centennial Park commutes less than 3 miles
About 20% 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.
Few in Centennial Park walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Centennial Park is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 735 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). 0.0% of Centennial Park households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Centennial Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,168th of 5,656: where Centennial Park ranks among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 939 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,166 | Rich Hill Township MO | 1,593 | $99K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,167 | Farmington WI | 1,398 | $88K | 8.6% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,168 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 31% | B+ |
| 1,169 | Newcastle CA | 1,585 | $109K | 12.4% | 2.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,170 | Diablo Grande CA | 1,948 | $129K | 6.1% | 3.4% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,190 | Bellemont AZ | 1,701 | $120K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,295 | Rio Verde AZ | 2,261 | $132K | 6.3% | 0.0% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Centennial Park, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
20% of Centennial Park works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Centennial Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Park | – | B+ | C− | 30 min | $167,872 |
| Colorado City | 20% | D− | C | 16 min | $64,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Colorado City. Darker towns draw more of Centennial Park’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 Centennial Park: questions
What is the median household income in Centennial Park?
$167,872 (±$103,458) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centennial Park?
3.5%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centennial Park?
30 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centennial Park work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colorado City (20%, 1 mi), St. George (11%, 34 mi), Hurricane (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Centennial Park walkable?
Centennial Park is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Centennial Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Centennial Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Centennial Park
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.