Work & commute · Rock Point

Work & commute in Rock Point, AZ

Most working residents leave Rock Point for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chinle (10%), St. Michaels (9%) and Farmington (8%). Half commute less than 52 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 121 working residents

Typical commute

52 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 116 Rock Point residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rock Point.

116live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rock Point goes to work

Chinle37.7 mi away

10%12

St. Michaels77.3 mi away

9%11

Farmington, NM79.8 mi away

8%10

Kayenta35.5 mi away

7%9

Phoenix257.1 mi away

6%7

Rock Point (in town)right here

4%5

Gallup, NM95.2 mi away

3%4

Tempe263.3 mi away

2%3

Shiprock, NM51.6 mi away

2%3

Blanding, UT64 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%55

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

How far

How far Rock Point commutes

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

17%

22%

52%

17%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rock Point is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rock Point are

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

Jobs based in Rock Point

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month75%

Over $3,333 a month3%

Jobs Rock Point residents hold

121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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.