Work & commute · Ganado

Work & commute in Ganado, AZ

Most working residents leave Ganado for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are St. Michaels (21%), Gallup (5%) and Fort Defiance (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

34 of 273 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 239 Ganado residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 381 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ganado.

239live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

381work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ganado goes to work

St. Michaels25.6 mi away

21%56

Ganado (in town)right here

12%34

Gallup, NM47.1 mi away

5%15

Fort Defiance27.3 mi away

5%15

Phoenix205.9 mi away

5%13

Chinle31.5 mi away

2%6

Flagstaff121.7 mi away

2%5

Mesa201 mi away

1%4

Holbrook64.9 mi away

1%3

Tempe209.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%119

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

How far

How far Ganado commutes

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

15%

44%

32%

15%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ganado is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ganado are

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

Jobs based in Ganado

415 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Ganado residents hold

273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+203%

Jobs based in Ganado, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 415. 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.