Households in Valle Vista have lower incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
15.2% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.5% across Arizona. The two grades for Valle Vista are D− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Valle Vista
A big share show a job far from home
58% 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 ↓
Valle Vista is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in Valle Vista, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Valle Vista and Kingman trade workers both ways
Kingman is the top workplace for Valle Vista residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Valle Vista come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 607 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Valle Vista
On income, poverty and job access, Valle Vista is better than 4% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Valle Vista’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.7%) is left out: Valle Vista’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, Valle Vista could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Half of Valle Vista commutes less than 86 miles
About 58% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How a workday changes Valle Vista
On a workday 592 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Valle Vista on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.10 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 2024, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Kingman
Where Valle Vista clocks in
19% of workers
10% 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.
What the 58 jobs in Valle Vista are
58 jobs are based in Valle Vista.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valle Vista, 2014 → 2024: 44 → 58. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Valle Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Valle Vista: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Valle Vista workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 513 commuters (the 5% 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.
In Valle Vista, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Valle Vista is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 538 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). 0.8% of Valle Vista households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Valle Vista’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200, and where Valle Vista sits
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 985 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,201 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 26% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,218 | Bellemont AZ | 1,701 | $120K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,672 | Gate City VA | 2,000 | $43K | 16.7% | 1.3% | 16% | D− |
| 4,673 | Saltville VA | 1,760 | $49K | 25.2% | 5.9% | 9% | D− |
| 4,674 | Valle Vista AZ | 2,369 | $46K | 15.2% | 7.7% | 2% | D− |
| 4,675 | Parsons TN | 2,162 | $36K | 25.3% | 7.3% | 22% | D− |
| 4,676 | Andover Township OH | 2,496 | $57K | 26.0% | 10.2% | 16% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Valle Vista, 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 2024, 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 Valle Vista: questions
What is the median household income in Valle Vista?
$46,161 (±$927) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valle Vista?
15.2%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Valle Vista?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Valle Vista work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kingman (19%, 16 mi), Phoenix (10%, 162 mi), Las Vegas (4%, 97 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Valle Vista walkable?
Valle Vista is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Valle Vista without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Valle Vista, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valle Vista
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.