Work & commute · Montezuma Creek

Work & commute in Montezuma Creek, UT

Most working residents leave Montezuma Creek for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Blanding (10%), Oljato-Monument Valley (10%) and Carbondale (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

4 of 29 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 25 Montezuma Creek residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montezuma Creek.

25live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montezuma Creek goes to work

Montezuma Creek (in town)right here

14%4

Blanding28.1 mi away

10%3

Oljato-Monument Valley55 mi away

10%3

Carbondale, CO186.1 mi away

3%1

Moab92.2 mi away

3%1

West Valley City278.8 mi away

3%1

Green River129.5 mi away

3%1

St. George236.2 mi away

3%1

Lewis, CO38.8 mi away

3%1

Orchard Mesa, CO130.3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%12

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

How far

How far Montezuma Creek commutes

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

20%

28%

12%

40%

20%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montezuma Creek is a job hub

5.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

5.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Montezuma Creek are

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

Jobs based in Montezuma Creek

155 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Montezuma Creek residents hold

29 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+297%

Jobs based in Montezuma Creek, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 155. 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.