Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Monroe commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten work in Monroe; the top destination outside it is Richfield (33%, 10 miles). 382 jobs are based in Monroe, and 1,077 of its residents work somewhere. Monroe grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Monroe: the gist
Many jobs in Monroe pay little
34% of the jobs based in Monroe pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Monroe and Richfield trade workers both ways
Richfield is the top workplace for Monroe residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Monroe come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Monroe gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Monroe is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #99 of 119 in Utah. The poverty rate holds Monroe’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monroe could be anywhere from D to B+.
The kinds of work in Monroe
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 320 → 382. 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 Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Monroe’s residents
Where Monroe clocks in
33% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
How many miles Monroe commutes
About 37% 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.
How a workday changes Monroe
On a workday 974 residents head out to work, 103 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Monroe on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How long Monroe spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monroe workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 889 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Most trips from Monroe start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monroe is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #116 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,000 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.0% of Monroe households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Monroe’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Monroe is 2,857th of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Lake Point UT | 2,947 | $137K | 2.0% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 413 | Richmond UT | 3,130 | $110K | 1.0% | 0.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 453 | River Heights UT | 2,253 | $118K | 5.5% | 2.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,855 | Pine Creek Township PA | 3,425 | $59K | 14.9% | 2.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,856 | Buckhorn CA | 3,504 | $90K | 10.9% | 3.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,857 | Monroe UT | 2,738 | $66K | 6.7% | 3.5% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,858 | Rainier WA | 2,495 | $106K | 14.6% | 5.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,859 | Milton WV | 2,792 | $46K | 23.3% | 0.8% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Monroe, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
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 Monroe: questions
What is the median household income in Monroe?
$66,172 (±$10,601) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe?
6.7%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroe?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richfield (33%, 10 mi), Salt Lake City (3%, 149 mi), Salina (3%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monroe walkable?
Monroe is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monroe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monroe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monroe
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.