Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0How Red Rock works: jobs, income and commuting
62% of workers work from home, where Arizona as a whole has 18%. Hardly any work in Red Rock itself; outside it, Farmington draws the most (15%, 50 miles). No jobs are based in Red Rock in the Census job records; 27 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Red Rock, and who commutes in
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 56 people are in Red Rock on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Red Rock work
Where Red Rock clocks in
15% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Working from home in Red Rock
of Red Rock workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 commuters (the 62% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Red Rock
About 58% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Red Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Red Rock?
$40,000 (±$32,129) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Rock?
24.1%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Red Rock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (15%, 50 mi), Chinle (15%, 42 mi), St. Michaels (11%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Red Rock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Red Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Rock
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.