Work & commute · Moab

Work & commute in Moab, UT

60% of Moab’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (2%), Monticello (2%) and Price (1%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60%

1,814 of 3,040 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 1,226 Moab residents head out of town to work, 1,814 work right here, and 2,440 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moab.

1,226live here, work elsewhere

1,814live and work here

2,440work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moab goes to work

Moab (in town)right here

60%1,814

Salt Lake City198 mi away

2%70

Monticello49.8 mi away

2%61

Price98.1 mi away

1%29

Grand Junction, CO63.8 mi away

1%24

Spanish Valley9.5 mi away

1%22

Provo161 mi away

1%20

Draper181.6 mi away

1%18

Snyderville181.7 mi away

1%17

West Valley City196.5 mi away

0%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%950

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

How far

How far Moab commutes

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

76%

22%

76%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moab is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Moab are

4,254 jobs are based in Moab. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moab’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moab

4,254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Moab residents hold

3,040 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+27%

Jobs based in Moab, 2013 → 2023: 3,337 → 4,254. 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.