Green Valley has lower unemployment (2.4%) than 79% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Green Valley B; getting around on foot earns it B. Working from home is the commute for 29% of workers, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole. About one in seven work in Green Valley; the top destination outside it is Tucson (21%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Green Valley at work: what stands out
Green Valley’s workforce skews older
46% of Green Valley’s working residents are 55 or older. That’s about two in five. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
44% 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 ↓
Green Valley’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Green Valley is Tucson, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (856) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Green Valley works from home
29% of Green Valley workers work from home, against 18% across Arizona. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Green Valley
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Green Valley is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #44 of 140 in Arizona. Unemployment holds Green Valley’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($62,063, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Green Valley could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Inside Green Valley’s 3,154 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Valley, 2013 → 2023: 2,798 → 3,154. 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 Green Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Green Valley
About 44% 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.
Commuting from Green Valley: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Valley workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,230 commuters (the 29% 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.
In and out of Green Valley on a workday
On a workday 3,586 residents head out to work, 507 work right here, and 2,647 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 (0.77 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.
Out of Green Valley to work: where people go
Where Green Valley clocks in
21% of workers
17% 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.
For most of Green Valley, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Green Valley is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #55 of 140 in Arizona. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,126 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 11% 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 41% 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). 4.7% of Green Valley households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Green Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,126th of 1,847: where Green Valley ranks among U.S. towns of 15,000 to 30,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 329 | Vail AZ | 16,315 | $131K | 4.3% | 1.6% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 505 | Anthem AZ | 22,584 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.4% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 537 | New River AZ | 18,240 | $134K | 6.3% | 3.0% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,124 | Soledad CA | 26,357 | $97K | 16.7% | 2.7% | 19% | B |
| 1,125 | Tavares FL | 22,490 | $59K | 9.3% | 2.6% | 17% | B |
| 1,126 | Green Valley AZ | 22,114 | $62K | 7.7% | 2.4% | 12% | B |
| 1,127 | Rosemont CA | 23,766 | $90K | 16.6% | 5.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,128 | West Chicago IL | 25,296 | $100K | 13.0% | 9.5% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,847 | 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 Green Valley, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Green Valley and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Sahuarita (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Valley | – | B | B | 25 min | $62,063 |
| Sahuarita | 6% | B− | C− | 29 min | $104,680 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green 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 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 Green Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Green Valley?
$62,063 (±$3,492) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Valley?
7.7%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Valley?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Valley work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tucson (21%, 23 mi), Phoenix (17%, 135 mi), Sahuarita (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Green Valley walkable?
Green Valley is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Valley without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Valley
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.