Jobs and earnings in Spanish Valley, and the trip to work
Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average; the Utah average is 22, the U.S. 26. Only 4% work in Spanish Valley; the top destination outside it is Monticello (28%, 42 miles). 172 jobs are based in Spanish Valley for 149 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Spanish Valley on a workday afternoon
On a workday 143 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 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.
Commuting out of Spanish Valley: the destinations
Where Spanish Valley clocks in
28% of workers
16% of workers
11% 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.
In Spanish Valley, 42% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
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 Spanish Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Spanish Valley takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spanish Valley workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 302 commuters (the 15% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Spanish Valley
About 39% 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 Spanish Valley: questions
What is the poverty rate in Spanish Valley?
0.5%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spanish Valley?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spanish Valley work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monticello (28%, 42 mi), Moab (16%, 10 mi), Blanding (11%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spanish Valley 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 Spanish Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spanish Valley
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.