Photo: Chevy111 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Green Valley works elsewhere
Green Valley has 42 jobs, against 702 working residents. Hardly any work in Green Valley itself; outside it, Los Angeles draws the most (30%, 41 miles). 35% of workers work from home; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Green Valley apart
Green Valley is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Green Valley, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Green Valley has about 220 people in it, 75% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Green Valley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 48 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 368 hours of commuting, 146 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Green Valley works from home
35% of Green Valley workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
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 702 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Green Valley for work, and who comes in
On a workday 696 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Green Valley on a workday afternoon, 75% 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.
The trip to work from Green Valley: about 48 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 267 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Commuting out of Green Valley: the destinations
Where Green Valley clocks in
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.
45% of the jobs in Green Valley make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Valley, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 42. 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 Green Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Green Valley
About 25% 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 Green Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Green Valley?
$87,857 (±$42,358) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Valley?
10.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Valley?
48 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Valley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (30%, 41 mi), Santa Clarita (9%, 15 mi), Burbank (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Green Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Valley
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.