Households in Spring Valley have lower incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
At home: 8% of workers have no commute at all (Arizona 18%). 18.0% of residents live below the poverty line; Arizona has 12.5%. The two grades for Spring Valley are D− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Spring Valley
A big share show a job far from home
52% 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 ↓
30% of Spring Valley works in Phoenix
134 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Phoenix, 54 miles away. That’s 15 times as many as work in Spring Valley itself. The commute map ↓
Spring Valley is a place people come home to
There are 136 jobs based in Spring Valley, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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 450 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Spring Valley’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Spring Valley is better than 2% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Spring Valley’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Spring Valley’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, Spring Valley could be anywhere from D− to D.
How far Spring Valley’s workers travel
About 52% 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.
30% of working residents work in Phoenix
Where Spring Valley clocks in
30% of workers
9% 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.
Spring Valley quiets down on a workday
On a workday 442 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Spring Valley on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.30 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.
Most jobs in Spring Valley are in services
136 jobs are based in Spring Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Valley, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 136. 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 Spring Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Spring Valley: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Valley workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 462 commuters (the 8% 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.
Most trips from Spring Valley start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.9% across Arizona.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 500 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). 1.6% of Spring Valley households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spring Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Spring Valley sits among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 916 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,130 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 31% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,152 | Bellemont AZ | 1,701 | $120K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,501 | Kenton TN | 1,248 | $42K | 24.3% | 3.7% | 3% | D− |
| 5,502 | Appalachia VA | 1,369 | $43K | 28.3% | 13.1% | 4% | D− |
| 5,503 | Spring Valley AZ | 1,673 | $43K | 18.0% | 1.6% | 2% | D− |
| 5,504 | Del Norte CO | 1,396 | $41K | 18.5% | 6.8% | 20% | D− |
| 5,505 | Twin City GA | 1,702 | $40K | 32.9% | 4.1% | 9% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Spring Valley, 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 Spring Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Valley?
$42,817 (±$8,180) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Valley?
18.0%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Valley?
33 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Valley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (30%, 54 mi), Prescott (9%, 24 mi), Prescott Valley (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Valley walkable?
Spring Valley is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Valley without a car?
0% 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 Spring Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring 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.