Work & commute · Monticello

Work & commute in Monticello, UT

About one in 3 of Monticello’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Moab (20%), Blanding (8%) and Spanish Valley (5%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

170 of 572 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 402 Monticello residents head out of town to work, 170 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monticello.

402live here, work elsewhere

170live and work here

632work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monticello goes to work

Monticello (in town)right here

30%170

Moab49.8 mi away

20%114

Blanding19.7 mi away

8%46

Spanish Valley42.1 mi away

5%29

Salt Lake City243.9 mi away

2%13

Oljato-Monument Valley76.6 mi away

2%10

Grand Junction, CO94 mi away

1%6

Provo205.7 mi away

1%6

Price143.5 mi away

1%5

Vernal178.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%169

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

How far

How far Monticello commutes

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

33%

10%

28%

30%

33%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monticello 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 Monticello are

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

Jobs based in Monticello

802 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Monticello residents hold

572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−25%

Jobs based in Monticello, 2013 → 2023: 1,068 → 802. 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.