Kinjockity Ranch · Photo: Jeff Henley · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Miracle Valley commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Miracle Valley has 24 jobs, and 173 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Miracle Valley for work; outside it, Sierra Vista is the main destination (23%, 16 miles). For 7% of workers, the job is at home (Arizona 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Miracle Valley for work, and who comes in
On a workday 171 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Miracle 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Miracle Valley’s working residents head each day
Where Miracle Valley clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
In Miracle Valley, 67% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Miracle Valley, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 24. 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 Miracle Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Miracle Valley
of Miracle Valley workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 224 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far Miracle Valley goes to work
About 54% 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.
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 Miracle Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Miracle Valley?
$54,604 (±$24,517) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Miracle Valley?
8.1%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Miracle Valley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sierra Vista (23%, 16 mi), Tucson (18%, 68 mi), Phoenix (9%, 189 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Miracle Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Miracle Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Miracle 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.