Work & commute · Verde

Work & commute in Verde, AZ

Most working residents leave Verde for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cottonwood (20%), Phoenix (14%) and Sedona (13%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

142 of 5,165 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 5,023 Verde residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 335 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Verde.

5,023live here, work elsewhere

142live and work here

335work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Verde goes to work

Cottonwood2.8 mi away

20%1,012

Phoenix78.9 mi away

14%739

Sedona15.3 mi away

13%656

Flagstaff39 mi away

7%355

Scottsdale71.4 mi away

4%224

Camp Verde12.6 mi away

4%220

Prescott27 mi away

4%211

Clarkdale4.4 mi away

3%151

Verde Village (in town)right here

3%142

Tempe91.5 mi away

2%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,362

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

How far

How far Verde commutes

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

31%

22%

12%

35%

31%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Verde is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Verde are

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

Jobs based in Verde

477 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Verde residents hold

5,165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−20%

Jobs based in Verde, 2013 → 2023: 595 → 477. 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.