Work & commute · Blanding

Work & commute in Blanding, UT

53% of Blanding’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Monticello (7%), Bluff (3%) and Oljato-Monument Valley (2%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

841 of 1,580 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 739 Blanding residents head out of town to work, 841 work right here, and 923 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blanding.

739live here, work elsewhere

841live and work here

923work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blanding goes to work

Blanding (in town)right here

53%841

Monticello19.7 mi away

7%111

Bluff23.2 mi away

3%43

Oljato-Monument Valley57.5 mi away

2%36

Salt Lake City253.6 mi away

2%32

Montezuma Creek28.1 mi away

2%30

Moab65.8 mi away

1%19

Richfield161 mi away

1%15

Draper235.6 mi away

1%13

Spanish Valley59.3 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%427

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

How far

How far Blanding commutes

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

61%

14%

21%

61%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blanding is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blanding are

1,764 jobs are based in Blanding. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blanding’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blanding

1,764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Blanding residents hold

1,580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

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Jobs based in Blanding, 2013 → 2023: 1,756 → 1,764. 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.