Round Valley has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Round Valley report 18 jobs; 150 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Round Valley itself; outside it, Payson draws the most (31%, 4 miles). Home is the office for 11% of workers (Arizona 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Round Valley quiets down on a workday
On a workday 150 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Round 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 people from Round Valley work
Where Round Valley clocks in
31% of workers
20% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 50% of the jobs in Round Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Round Valley, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 18. 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 Round Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Round Valley: about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Round Valley workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 312 commuters (the 11% 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.
The distance from Round Valley to work
About 59% 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 Round Valley: questions
What is the poverty rate in Round Valley?
0.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Round Valley?
12 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Round Valley work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Payson (31%, 4 mi), Phoenix (20%, 62 mi), Tempe (9%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Round 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 Round Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Round 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.