Queen Creek Bridge · Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0Queen Valley has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Queen Valley; the top destination outside it is Phoenix (23%, 50 miles). 43 jobs are based in Queen Valley, and 499 of its residents work somewhere. Getting around Queen Valley on foot earns D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Queen Valley: the gist
Queen Valley’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Queen Valley is Phoenix, 50 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (114) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Queen Valley is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Queen Valley, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Queen Valley has about 660 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Queen Valley are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 25 across Arizona. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Arizona worker. 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; with 499 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from Queen Valley
About 21% 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.
Queen Valley by day and by night
On a workday 495 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Queen Valley on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
The daily trip from Queen Valley: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Queen Valley workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 301 commuters (the 17% 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.
Out of Queen Valley to work: where people go
Where Queen Valley clocks in
23% of workers
16% of workers
8% 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 kinds of work in Queen Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Queen Valley, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 43. 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 Queen Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Queen Valley is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Queen Valley is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Queen 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 361 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Queen Valley households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Queen Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
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 Queen Valley: questions
What is the poverty rate in Queen Valley?
8.4%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Queen Valley?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Queen Valley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (23%, 50 mi), Mesa (16%, 25 mi), Tempe (8%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Queen Valley walkable?
Queen Valley is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Queen 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 Queen Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Queen 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.