Photo: logopop · CC BY-SA 3.0Work means Blanding for about three in four of Mexican Hat’s working residents
Poverty touches 100.0% of residents, where Utah as a whole has 8.5%. Hardly any work in Mexican Hat; the top destination outside it is Blanding (75%, 37 miles). 14 jobs are based in Mexican Hat; 8 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Mexican Hat, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 8 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26 people are in Mexican Hat on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Mexican Hat: where workers come from
Where Mexican Hat clocks in
75% of workers
13% 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.
Jobs in Mexican Hat: what the 14 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mexican Hat, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 14. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mexican Hat’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Mexican Hat, by distance
About 25% 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.
Work in the towns next to Mexican Hat
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mexican Hat workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican Hat | – | — | — | — | — |
| Halchita | under 13% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Halchita: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mexican Hat’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Mexican Hat: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mexican Hat?
100.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mexican Hat work?
0% work in town.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mexican Hat, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mexican Hat
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.