Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainJobs, pay and the trip to work in Monticello
About one in four work in Monticello itself; outside it, Moab draws the most (20%, 50 miles). Monticello grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average; Utah averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Monticello: the gist
Monticello’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Monticello is Moab, 50 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (114) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Monticello than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Monticello fell from 1,068 in 2013 to 802 in 2023, −25%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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; with 572 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Monticello earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Monticello is better than 42% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Monticello’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Monticello’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Monticello could be anywhere from C− to B.
Where in the region Monticello works
About 30% 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.
Inside Monticello’s 802 jobs
802 jobs are based in Monticello.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monticello, 2013 → 2023: 1,068 → 802. 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 Monticello’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Monticello
On a workday 402 residents head out to work, 170 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Monticello on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).
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 Monticello goes to work
Where Monticello clocks in
20% of workers
8% 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.
Commuting from Monticello: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monticello workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 683 commuters (the 14% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Monticello
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monticello is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Utah, on an EPA index of 8.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 797 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Monticello households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Monticello’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Monticello ranks: 2,633rd of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 338 | Mantua UT | 1,389 | $142K | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 345 | West Mountain UT | 1,282 | $112K | 1.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,631 | Saranac MI | 1,386 | $67K | 15.3% | 4.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,632 | Blooming Prairie MN | 1,935 | $64K | 7.5% | 2.4% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,633 | Monticello UT | 1,737 | $73K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 30% | C+ |
| 2,634 | Weyauwega WI | 1,788 | $67K | 10.6% | 0.2% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,635 | Tome NM | 1,723 | $85K | 12.2% | 13.9% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Monticello, 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 Monticello: questions
What is the median household income in Monticello?
$72,969 (±$9,807) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monticello?
4.5%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monticello?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monticello work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moab (20%, 50 mi), Blanding (8%, 20 mi), Spanish Valley (5%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monticello walkable?
Monticello is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monticello without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monticello, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monticello
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.