Schoolhouse at Truxton Canyon Training School · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Valentine commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 2 jobs in Valentine; 16 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Valentine itself; outside it, Peach Springs draws the most (38%, 16 miles). 29% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Valentine
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11 people are in Valentine on a workday afternoon, 56% 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 Valentine’s working residents head each day
Where Valentine clocks in
19% 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.
In Valentine, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valentine, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 2. 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 Valentine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Valentine
of Valentine workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5 commuters (the 29% 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 far it is to work from Valentine
About 20% 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 Valentine: questions
What is the poverty rate in Valentine?
27.3%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Valentine work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peach Springs (38%, 16 mi), Phoenix (19%, 154 mi), Kingman (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Valentine 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 Valentine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valentine
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.