Work & commute · Spring Valley

Work & commute in Spring Valley, AZ

Most working residents leave Spring Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (30%), Prescott (9%) and Prescott Valley (8%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 450 working residents

Typical commute

51 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 442 Spring Valley residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Valley.

442live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Valley goes to work

Phoenix53.6 mi away

30%134

Prescott23.7 mi away

9%40

Prescott Valley19.7 mi away

8%36

Scottsdale48.7 mi away

7%32

Black Canyon City19 mi away

5%21

Glendale56.1 mi away

4%19

Tempe67.4 mi away

3%14

Flagstaff65.7 mi away

2%9

Spring Valley (in town)right here

2%8

Peoria39.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%130

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

How far

How far Spring Valley commutes

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

24%

20%

52%

4%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Valley is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Valley are

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

Jobs based in Spring Valley

136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Spring Valley residents hold

450 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+8%

Jobs based in Spring Valley, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 136. 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.