Bartlett Dam · Photo: Andy Pernick, a Bureau of Reclamation photographer · Public domainHousehold incomes in Rio Verde are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 66% of workers (Arizona 18%). Poverty touches 6.3% of residents (Arizona 12.5%). The two grades for Rio Verde are B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Rio Verde
Home offices are common in Rio Verde
66% of Rio Verde workers work from home, against 18% across Arizona. Time on the road ↓
Rio Verde and Phoenix trade workers both ways
Phoenix is the top workplace for Rio Verde residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Rio Verde come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 485 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Rio Verde
On income, poverty and job access, Rio Verde is better than 67% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Rio Verde’s grade up ($131,723, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Rio Verde’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rio Verde could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Commuting from Rio Verde: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rio Verde workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 200 commuters (the 66% 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.
30% of working residents work in Phoenix
Where Rio Verde clocks in
30% of workers
23% 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.
Who works in Rio Verde, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 470 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Rio Verde on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
In Rio Verde, services account for most jobs
180 jobs are based in Rio Verde.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rio Verde, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 180. 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 Rio Verde’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Rio Verde, by distance
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.
Rio Verde is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rio Verde is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% 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 590 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). 2.8% of Rio Verde households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rio Verde’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rio Verde places 1,348th of 5,328 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 998 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,224 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 31% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,242 | Bellemont AZ | 1,701 | $120K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,346 | Burlington Township MN | 1,718 | $106K | 4.0% | 1.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,347 | Delaware Township OH | 2,009 | $91K | 5.1% | 0.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,348 | Rio Verde AZ | 2,261 | $132K | 6.3% | 0.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,349 | Byers CO | 1,726 | $94K | 3.3% | 13.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,350 | Fair Grove MO | 1,645 | $75K | 5.0% | 4.9% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Rio Verde, 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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Rio Verde: questions
What is the median household income in Rio Verde?
$131,723 (±$36,399) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rio Verde?
6.3%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rio Verde?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 66% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rio Verde work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (30%, 26 mi), Scottsdale (23%, 11 mi), Tempe (6%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rio Verde walkable?
Rio Verde 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 Rio Verde without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rio Verde, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rio Verde
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.