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Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, UT

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Richfield (33%), Salt Lake City (3%) and Salina (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
103 of 1,077 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 974 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

974live here, work elsewhere
103live and work here
279work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Monroe goes to work

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1
Richfield9.7 mi away
33%352
2
Monroe (in town)right here
10%103
3
Salt Lake City149.1 mi away
3%33
4
Salina25.8 mi away
3%29
5
St. George133.1 mi away
2%24
6
Gunnison40.4 mi away
2%23
7
Cedar City83.8 mi away
2%23
8
Provo114.9 mi away
2%23
9
Sigurd18.8 mi away
1%15
10
Elsinore4.3 mi away
1%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%438

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
37%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

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

Jobs based in Monroe

382 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)78%
$1,250 a month or less34%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

1,077 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+19%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 320 → 382. 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.

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