Work & commute · Oljato-Monument Valley

Work & commute in Oljato-Monument Valley, UT

Most working residents leave Oljato-Monument Valley for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Blanding (20%), Grand Junction (9%) and Lee Acres (4%). Half commute less than 61 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

8 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

61 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 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 37 Oljato-Monument Valley residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 226 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oljato-Monument Valley.

37live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

226work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oljato-Monument Valley goes to work

Blanding57.5 mi away

20%9

Oljato-Monument Valley (in town)right here

18%8

Grand Junction, CO169.2 mi away

9%4

Lee Acres, NM123.1 mi away

4%2

Silt, CO223.8 mi away

2%1

Meeker, CO244.4 mi away

2%1

Vernal239.5 mi away

2%1

Enoch161.6 mi away

2%1

Clearfield296.5 mi away

2%1

Payson222.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%16

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

How far

How far Oljato-Monument Valley commutes

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

35%

65%

35%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

65%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oljato-Monument Valley is a job hub

5.20jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oljato-Monument Valley are

234 jobs are based in Oljato-Monument Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oljato-Monument Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oljato-Monument Valley

234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month59%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Oljato-Monument Valley residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+11%

Jobs based in Oljato-Monument Valley, 2013 → 2023: 210 → 234. 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.