Work & commute · Prescott Valley

Work & commute in Prescott Valley, AZ

About one in 4 of Prescott Valley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Prescott (24%), Phoenix (16%) and Scottsdale (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

4,272 of 18,649 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,377 Prescott Valley residents head out of town to work, 4,272 work right here, and 7,673 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prescott Valley.

14,377live here, work elsewhere

4,272live and work here

7,673work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prescott Valley goes to work

Prescott7.3 mi away

24%4,565

Prescott Valley (in town)right here

23%4,272

Phoenix72.1 mi away

16%3,040

Scottsdale68.3 mi away

3%614

Flagstaff56.7 mi away

2%411

Tempe86.5 mi away

2%346

Glendale73.9 mi away

2%331

Chino Valley11.1 mi away

1%250

Mesa89.7 mi away

1%244

Chandler94.7 mi away

1%204

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%4,372

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

How far

How far Prescott Valley commutes

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

46%

11%

41%

46%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prescott Valley is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prescott Valley are

11,945 jobs are based in Prescott Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prescott Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prescott Valley

11,945 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Prescott Valley residents hold

18,649 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+37%

Jobs based in Prescott Valley, 2013 → 2023: 8,720 → 11,945. 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.