Work & commute · Paradise Valley

Work & commute in Paradise Valley, AZ

Most working residents leave Paradise Valley for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (43%), Scottsdale (20%) and Tempe (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

259 of 4,514 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,255 Paradise Valley residents head out of town to work, 259 work right here, and 6,430 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paradise Valley.

4,255live here, work elsewhere

259live and work here

6,430work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paradise Valley goes to work

Phoenix7.5 mi away

43%1,922

Scottsdale10.8 mi away

20%901

Tempe11.4 mi away

7%335

Paradise Valley (in town)right here

6%259

Mesa17.6 mi away

5%205

Chandler19.7 mi away

3%141

Glendale13.2 mi away

2%97

Gilbert20.8 mi away

2%68

Peoria27.6 mi away

1%59

Tucson115.6 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%472

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

How far

How far Paradise Valley commutes

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

62%

30%

62%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paradise Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paradise Valley are

6,689 jobs are based in Paradise Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paradise Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paradise Valley

6,689 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Paradise Valley residents hold

4,514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+68%

Jobs based in Paradise Valley, 2013 → 2023: 3,977 → 6,689. 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.