Work & commute · Window Rock

Work & commute in Window Rock, AZ

Most working residents leave Window Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Michaels (36%), Fort Defiance (20%) and Gallup (6%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 372 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 370 Window Rock residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Window Rock.

370live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Window Rock goes to work

St. Michaels2 mi away

36%134

Fort Defiance5.3 mi away

20%74

Gallup, NM21 mi away

6%24

Phoenix225 mi away

5%19

Farmington, NM89.6 mi away

3%11

Sanostee, NM53.7 mi away

2%6

Tempe227 mi away

1%5

Scottsdale210 mi away

1%4

Mesa217.8 mi away

1%4

Kayenta98.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%87

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

How far

How far Window Rock commutes

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

60%

28%

60%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Window Rock is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Window Rock are

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

Jobs based in Window Rock

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Window Rock residents hold

372 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−99%

Jobs based in Window Rock, 2013 → 2023: 5,783 → 50. 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.