Photo: dhett · CC BY-SA 4.0Meadview’s household incomes are among the lowest in the country
33.2% of residents are in poverty; Arizona has 12.5%. Household incomes here are among the lowest in the country. Meadview grades D− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Meadview apart
A big share show a job far from home
79% 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 ↓
Meadview’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Meadview is Las Vegas, NV, 69 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (29) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Meadview is a place people come home to
There are 89 jobs based in Meadview, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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 313 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Meadview
On income, poverty and job access, Meadview is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Meadview’s grade.
Unemployment (22.0%) is left out: Meadview’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Meadview stays D−.
Short hops and long hauls from Meadview
About 79% 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.
How many people are in Meadview by day
On a workday 301 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Meadview on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in Las Vegas
Where Meadview clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
The 89 jobs based in Meadview
89 jobs are based in Meadview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meadview, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 89. 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 Meadview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Meadview, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meadview workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 251 commuters (the 13% 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.
Most of Meadview commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Meadview is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Meadview 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 288 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). 2.2% of Meadview households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Meadview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Meadview sits among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 784 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 889 | Mountainaire AZ | 1,103 | $112K | 5.2% | 5.7% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 982 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 31% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,388 | Dilkon AZ | 1,270 | $38K | 40.6% | 8.7% | 5% | D− |
| 5,389 | Lukachukai AZ | 1,969 | $37K | 35.0% | 20.5% | 0% | D− |
| 5,390 | Meadview AZ | 1,517 | $26K | 33.2% | 22.0% | 4% | D− |
| 5,391 | Redway CA | 1,145 | $24K | 36.7% | 14.9% | 15% | D− |
| 5,392 | Covelo CA | 1,286 | $35K | 36.5% | 22.4% | 27% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | 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 Meadview, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Meadview workers work outside Arizona. The job records count 24% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Meadview: questions
What is the median household income in Meadview?
$26,490 (±$14,318) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meadview?
33.2%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meadview?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meadview work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Vegas (9%, 69 mi), Paradise (9%, 60 mi), Phoenix (6%, 200 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Meadview walkable?
Meadview is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Meadview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meadview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meadview
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.