Work & commute · Chinle

Work & commute in Chinle, AZ

About one in 4 of Chinle’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are St. Michaels (22%), Phoenix (6%) and Fort Defiance (4%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

206 of 895 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 689 Chinle residents head out of town to work, 206 work right here, and 1,103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chinle.

689live here, work elsewhere

206live and work here

1,103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chinle goes to work

Chinle (in town)right here

23%206

St. Michaels43.4 mi away

22%200

Phoenix228.1 mi away

6%57

Fort Defiance40 mi away

4%39

Many Farms13.6 mi away

3%30

Mesa225.5 mi away

2%21

Farmington, NM88.2 mi away

2%19

Tempe233 mi away

2%14

Gallup, NM64.3 mi away

1%12

Cibecue155.4 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%285

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

How far

How far Chinle commutes

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

24%

31%

38%

24%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chinle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chinle are

1,309 jobs are based in Chinle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chinle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chinle

1,309 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Chinle residents hold

895 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−57%

Jobs based in Chinle, 2013 → 2023: 3,010 → 1,309. 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.