Work & commute · Bluff

Work & commute in Bluff, UT

Most working residents leave Bluff for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Blanding (55%), Monticello (7%) and Salt Lake City (2%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

6 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 118 Bluff residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bluff.

118live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bluff goes to work

Blanding23.2 mi away

55%68

Monticello42.4 mi away

7%9

Bluff (in town)right here

4%5

Salt Lake City271.3 mi away

2%3

Basalt, CO199.2 mi away

1%1

Boulder, CO301 mi away

1%1

Palm Beach, FL1870.2 mi away

1%1

Annabella165.9 mi away

1%1

Orangeville155.8 mi away

1%1

Washington Terrace296.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%32

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

How far

How far Bluff commutes

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

61%

16%

18%

4%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bluff is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bluff are

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

Jobs based in Bluff

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Bluff residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+259%

Jobs based in Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 97. 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.