A job hub: Walnut Creek has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 209 people come in to work
Hardly any work in Walnut Creek itself; outside it, Kingman draws the most (22%, 9 miles). Employers in Walnut Creek report 209 jobs, and 103 of its residents work somewhere. 8.8% of residents live below the poverty line (Arizona 12.5%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Walnut Creek by day
On a workday 103 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 660 people are in Walnut Creek on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Who travels to work in Walnut Creek, and from where
Where Walnut Creek clocks in
22% of workers
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 43% of Walnut Creek’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Walnut Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Walnut Creek
of Walnut Creek workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 159 commuters (the 18% 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.
The distance from Walnut Creek to work
About 41% 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 Walnut Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Walnut Creek?
$45,824 (±$18,298) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut Creek?
8.8%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Walnut Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kingman (22%, 9 mi), Lake Havasu City (10%, 45 mi), Phoenix (9%, 158 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Walnut Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walnut Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walnut Creek
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.