Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Chino Valley has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
2,370 jobs are based in Chino Valley; 5,211 of its residents have a job. Chino Valley grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Chino Valley itself; outside it, Prescott draws the most (26%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Chino Valley apart on work
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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 ↓
Chino Valley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Chino Valley earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Chino Valley is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #91 of 140 in Arizona. The poverty rate holds Chino Valley’s grade up (11.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chino Valley could be anywhere from D to B−.
Miles to work from Chino Valley
About 41% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Arizona
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chino Valley workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,404 commuters (the 12% 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.
Who commutes out of Chino Valley, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,604 residents head out to work, 607 work right here, and 1,763 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Chino Valley on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Chino Valley to work: where people go
Where Chino Valley clocks in
26% of workers
16% of workers
11% 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.
Goods, not services: 29% of the jobs in Chino Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chino Valley, 2014 → 2024: 1,884 → 2,370. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chino Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Chino Valley start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chino Valley is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #83 of 140 in Arizona. Both inputs place Chino Valley near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,990 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). 1.3% of Chino Valley households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chino Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Chino Valley next to U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000: 1,952nd of 2,227 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Paradise Valley AZ | 12,251 | $247K | 5.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 366 | Vail AZ | 16,315 | $131K | 4.3% | 1.6% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 600 | New River AZ | 18,240 | $134K | 6.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,950 | Athens TN | 15,263 | $54K | 17.0% | 6.2% | 32% | C− |
| 1,951 | The Dalles OR | 15,745 | $63K | 11.0% | 7.7% | 43% | C− |
| 1,952 | Chino Valley AZ | 13,832 | $61K | 11.4% | 5.3% | 12% | C− |
| 1,953 | Isla Vista CA | 13,920 | $26K | 70.4% | 17.4% | 4% | C− |
| 1,954 | Greenfield MA | 17,691 | $56K | 15.2% | 6.3% | 25% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Chino Valley, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Chino Valley and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chino Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chino Valley | – | C− | C+ | 32 min | $61,237 |
| Paulden | under 2% | B− | B | 40 min | $91,741 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chino Valley’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 2024, 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 Chino Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Chino Valley?
$61,237 (±$9,088) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chino Valley?
11.4%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chino Valley?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chino Valley work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Prescott (26%, 10 mi), Phoenix (16%, 83 mi), Prescott Valley (11%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Chino Valley walkable?
Chino Valley is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chino Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chino Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chino Valley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.