Work & commute · Golden Valley

Work & commute in Golden Valley, AZ

Most working residents leave Golden Valley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kingman (22%), Phoenix (9%) and Laughlin (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

107 of 2,768 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,661 Golden Valley residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 298 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Golden Valley.

2,661live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

298work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Golden Valley goes to work

Kingman12.6 mi away

22%620

Phoenix166.3 mi away

9%252

Laughlin, NV22.3 mi away

6%167

Bullhead City19 mi away

4%115

Golden Valley (in town)right here

4%107

Lake Havasu City49 mi away

3%74

Las Vegas, NV91.6 mi away

3%72

Paradise, NV79.2 mi away

2%50

Henderson, NV70.9 mi away

2%48

New Kingman-Butler13.3 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,224

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Golden Valley commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

15%

34%

46%

15%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Golden Valley is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Golden Valley are

405 jobs are based in Golden Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Golden Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Golden Valley

405 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Golden Valley residents hold

2,768 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−58%

Jobs based in Golden Valley, 2013 → 2023: 969 → 405. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.