Photo: Terrydarc · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Sedona has 2.1 jobs per working resident, and 5,187 people come in to work
Sedona grades C− for jobs and income and A for walkability. 6,407 jobs are based in Sedona for 3,121 working residents. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 6.7 in Phoenix.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sedona, in brief
Sedona’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Sedona is Phoenix, 91 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (462) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Sedona works from home
35% of Sedona workers work from home, against 18% across Arizona. Time on the road ↓
Sedona is where the jobs are
Sedona has 6,407 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Sedona has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Sedona went from 4,527 in 2013 to 6,407 in 2023, +42%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Sedona
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sedona is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #92 of 140 in Arizona. Household income holds Sedona’s grade up ($73,738, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sedona could be anywhere from D to B−.
The distance from Sedona to work
About 38% 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.
About 21 minutes to work from Sedona
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sedona workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,856 commuters (the 35% 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 a workday changes Sedona
On a workday 1,901 residents head out to work and 1,220 work right here.
About 13,000 people are in Sedona on a workday afternoon, 34% more 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 kinds of work in Sedona
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sedona, 2013 → 2023: 4,527 → 6,407. 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 Sedona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Sedona
Where Sedona clocks in
15% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Sedona
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sedona is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #8 of 140 in Arizona. Both inputs place Sedona 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 4,390 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 28% 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 3.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 78% 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). 1.5% of Sedona households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sedona’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Sedona is 2,411th among 2,816 U.S. towns of 6,700 to 13,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Paradise Valley AZ | 12,251 | $247K | 5.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 367 | Litchfield Park AZ | 6,727 | $126K | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 781 | Tucson Mountains AZ | 11,353 | $134K | 8.9% | 3.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,409 | Live Oak CA | 9,466 | $74K | 17.4% | 6.6% | 7% | C− |
| 2,410 | Meadow Lakes AK | 8,689 | $82K | 14.0% | 6.8% | — | C− |
| 2,411 | Sedona AZ | 9,619 | $74K | 14.0% | 6.2% | 39% | C− |
| 2,412 | Cortez CO | 9,126 | $54K | 15.0% | 4.1% | 48% | C− |
| 2,413 | Navasota TX | 9,904 | $51K | 14.2% | 7.2% | 14% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,816 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Sedona, 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 Sedona: questions
What is the median household income in Sedona?
$73,738 (±$12,737) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sedona?
14.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sedona?
21 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sedona work?
39% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (15%, 90 mi), Scottsdale (4%, 81 mi), Flagstaff (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sedona walkable?
Sedona is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sedona without a car?
<1% 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 Sedona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sedona
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.