Work & commute · Valencia West

Work & commute in Valencia West, AZ

Most working residents leave Valencia West for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tucson (50%), Phoenix (8%) and Casas Adobes (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 6,030 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,972 Valencia West residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valencia West.

5,972live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

171work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valencia West goes to work

Tucson14.3 mi away

50%3,020

Phoenix114.4 mi away

8%455

Casas Adobes15.5 mi away

2%144

Marana22.9 mi away

2%118

Tempe98.8 mi away

2%115

Drexel Heights3.9 mi away

2%99

Mesa94.1 mi away

1%79

Oro Valley21.3 mi away

1%75

Scottsdale115.5 mi away

1%75

Chandler90.2 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,783

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

How far

How far Valencia West commutes

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

17%

59%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valencia West is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valencia West are

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

Jobs based in Valencia West

229 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Valencia West residents hold

6,030 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+45%

Jobs based in Valencia West, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 229. 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.