Work & commute · Kayenta

Work & commute in Kayenta, AZ

Most working residents leave Kayenta for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Oljato-Monument Valley (31%), St. Michaels (7%) and Cibecue (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

146 of 881 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 735 Kayenta residents head out of town to work, 146 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kayenta.

735live here, work elsewhere

146live and work here

403work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kayenta goes to work

Oljato-Monument Valley18.9 mi away

31%277

Kayenta (in town)right here

17%146

St. Michaels97.7 mi away

7%65

Cibecue186.1 mi away

6%51

Phoenix240.6 mi away

4%34

Oljato-Monument Valley, UT21.7 mi away

3%25

Flagstaff130.3 mi away

3%24

Hondah182.1 mi away

2%18

Chinle54.4 mi away

2%15

Page71 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%213

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

How far

How far Kayenta commutes

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

17%

35%

45%

17%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kayenta is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kayenta are

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

Jobs based in Kayenta

549 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Kayenta residents hold

881 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−34%

Jobs based in Kayenta, 2013 → 2023: 838 → 549. 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.