Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0Cornville has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Cornville are C for jobs and income and D for walkability. 406 jobs are based in Cornville for 1,157 working residents. Only 4% work in Cornville itself; outside it, Phoenix draws the most (16%, 81 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Cornville apart on work
Cornville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cornville is Phoenix, 81 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (185) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% 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 ↓
Cornville makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Cornville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Cornville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 13%. The jobs ↓
Cornville’s workforce skews older
38% of Cornville’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
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.
How Cornville earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cornville is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #79 of 140 in Arizona. The poverty rate holds Cornville’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cornville could be anywhere from D to B−.
How far it is to work from Cornville
About 39% 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.
Cornville makes things: 40% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cornville, 2013 → 2023: 271 → 406. 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 Cornville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Cornville
On a workday 1,111 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 360 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Cornville 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Cornville to work: where people go
Where Cornville clocks in
16% of workers
15% of workers
12% 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.
Time on the road from Cornville: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cornville workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,345 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.
For most of Cornville, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cornville is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #125 of 140 in Arizona. 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 1,749 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). 0.9% of Cornville households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cornville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Cornville is 3,374th among 4,474 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 907 | Kachina Village AZ | 3,212 | $90K | 4.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 917 | St. Johns AZ | 3,336 | $132K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,283 | Clifton AZ | 3,752 | $78K | 2.5% | 0.8% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,372 | Palacios TX | 4,370 | $53K | 19.2% | 1.3% | 11% | C |
| 3,373 | Green Township MI | 3,408 | $83K | 20.1% | 5.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,374 | Cornville AZ | 3,618 | $73K | 6.7% | 8.0% | 4% | C |
| 3,375 | Mar-Mac NC | 2,877 | $54K | 11.8% | 5.2% | <1% | C |
| 3,376 | Troy NC | 3,020 | $52K | 20.2% | 1.7% | 18% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Cornville, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Cornville’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cornville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornville | – | C | D | 24 min | $72,596 |
| Cottonwood | 12% | 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 Cornville’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 Cornville: questions
What is the median household income in Cornville?
$72,596 (±$5,399) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cornville?
6.7%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cornville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cornville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (16%, 81 mi), Sedona (15%, 10 mi), Cottonwood (12%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cornville walkable?
Cornville is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cornville 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 Cornville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cornville
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.