Work & commute · Green Valley

Work & commute in Green Valley, AZ

Most working residents leave Green Valley for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (21%), Phoenix (17%) and Sahuarita (6%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

507 of 4,093 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,586 Green Valley residents head out of town to work, 507 work right here, and 2,647 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Valley.

3,586live here, work elsewhere

507live and work here

2,647work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Valley goes to work

Tucson22.9 mi away

21%856

Phoenix135.3 mi away

17%705

Green Valley (in town)right here

12%507

Sahuarita6.7 mi away

6%259

Tempe119.8 mi away

4%150

Mesa115.4 mi away

3%128

Scottsdale136.8 mi away

2%95

Chandler111.2 mi away

2%81

Oro Valley40.1 mi away

1%55

Gilbert110.4 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,202

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

How far

How far Green Valley commutes

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

20%

15%

21%

44%

20%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Valley are

3,154 jobs are based in Green Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Green Valley

3,154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Green Valley residents hold

4,093 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+13%

Jobs based in Green Valley, 2013 → 2023: 2,798 → 3,154. 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.