Grand Canyon Railway · Photo: Drew Jacksich from San Jose, CA, The Republic of California · CC BY-SA 2.0Work means Flagstaff for about half of Valle’s working residents
There are 122 jobs in Valle; 370 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all; Arizona has 18%. Only 2% work in Valle itself; outside it, Flagstaff draws the most (46%, 45 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Valle stands out on work
Few Valle workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 18% across Arizona. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
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 370 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Valle: the destinations
Where Valle clocks in
46% of workers
8% 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.
Working from home in Valle
of Valle workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 159 commuters (the 0% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Valle
About 33% 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.
Valle quiets down on a workday
On a workday 364 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Valle on a workday afternoon, 57% fewer than live here.
0.33 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.
Services make up most of the work in Valle
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valle, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 122. 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 Valle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Valle: questions
What is the poverty rate in Valle?
39.2%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Valle work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Valle 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 Valle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valle
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.