Work & commute · Paulden

Work & commute in Paulden, AZ

Most working residents leave Paulden for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Prescott (22%), Phoenix (17%) and Chino Valley (13%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 1,945 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 1,917 Paulden residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paulden.

1,917live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paulden goes to work

Prescott20.7 mi away

22%431

Phoenix93.9 mi away

17%325

Chino Valley11.4 mi away

13%251

Prescott Valley22.5 mi away

10%186

Scottsdale90.8 mi away

4%77

Flagstaff53.5 mi away

2%46

Tempe108.6 mi away

2%36

Chandler116.9 mi away

2%30

Mesa112.2 mi away

1%29

Glendale95.3 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%505

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

How far

How far Paulden commutes

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

10%

36%

12%

42%

10%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paulden is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paulden are

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

Jobs based in Paulden

219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Paulden residents hold

1,945 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+58%

Jobs based in Paulden, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 219. 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.