Work & commute · Spanish Valley

Work & commute in Spanish Valley, UT

Most working residents leave Spanish Valley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Monticello (28%), Moab (16%) and Blanding (11%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
6 of 149 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
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 143 Spanish Valley residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spanish Valley.

143live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
166work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Spanish Valley goes to work

RicoCortezDeltaGrand JunctionBaltimoreMount PleasantMonticelloMoabRooseveltBlandingSpanish ForkOremProvoSalt Lake CityCliftonSpanish ValleyMonticelloMoabBlandingRooseveltDeltaGrand JunctionOremProvoSalt Lake CitySpanish Valley
1
Monticello42.1 mi away
28%41
2
Moab9.5 mi away
16%24
3
Blanding59.3 mi away
11%16
4
Spanish Valley (in town)right here
4%6
5
Roosevelt128.9 mi away
2%3
6
Delta, CO74.6 mi away
1%2
7
Grand Junction, CO62.6 mi away
1%2
8
Orem175.2 mi away
1%2
9
Provo170.5 mi away
1%2
10
Salt Lake City207.5 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%49

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

How far

How far Spanish Valley commutes

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

29%Under 10 mi
2%10–24 mi
30%25–50 mi
39%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Spanish Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spanish Valley are

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

Jobs based in Spanish Valley

172 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)42%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Spanish Valley residents hold

149 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+93%

Jobs based in Spanish Valley, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 172. 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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