Pleasant Valley Ranger Station · Photo: US Forest Service · Public domainYoung has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Young has 43 jobs for 189 working residents. Only 2% work in Young; the top destination outside it is Phoenix (25%, 76 miles). Working from home is the commute for 50% of workers; Arizona has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Young
On a workday 186 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 90 people are in Young on a workday afternoon, 62% 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 Young goes to work
Where Young clocks in
25% of workers
10% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Young
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Young, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 43. 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 Young’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Young
of Young workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27 commuters (the 50% 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.
Where in the region Young works
About 82% 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 Young: questions
What is the median household income in Young?
$24,766 (±$21,830) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Young?
27.5%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Young work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (25%, 76 mi), Payson (10%, 23 mi), Mesa (8%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Young without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Young, from the people who make the trip.
More of Young
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.