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Jobs & commute in Tselakai Dezza

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Tselakai Dezza works elsewhere

Tselakai Dezza has 1 jobs, and 11 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Tselakai Dezza; the top destination outside it is Blanding (27%, 29 miles). 7% of workers work from home, where Utah as a whole has 18%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Tselakai Dezza by day and by night

On a workday 11 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

11live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night100
Workday94
100live here− 11head out to work+ 1come in to work= 94on a workday

About 94 people are in Tselakai Dezza on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.09jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Tselakai Dezza: the destinations

Monticello: 1 residents work here (9%)Moab: 1 residents work here (9%)Blanding: 3 residents work here (27%)Cedar City: 1 residents work here (9%)Montezuma Creek: 2 residents work here (18%)Tselakai DezzaBlandingMontezuma CreekMonticelloMoabCedar CityTselakai Dezza
1
Blanding28.8 mi away
27%3
2
Montezuma Creek17.7 mi away
18%2
3
Monticello47.9 mi away
9%1
4
Moab94 mi away
9%1
5
Cedar City194 mi away
9%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%3
The top trips

Where Tselakai Dezza clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Mostly health care, schools and offices in Tselakai Dezza

Jobs based in Tselakai DezzaJobs Tselakai Dezza residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%9%
Trade, transport & utilities0%0%
Services: health, schools, offices100%91%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%36%
Over $3,333 a month100%45%

Who does it

29 or younger0%18%
30 to 54100%55%
55 and older0%27%

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 Tselakai Dezza’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Tselakai Dezza

Working from home
7%

of Tselakai Dezza workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Tselakai Dezza gets to work
40%Drive alone
40%Carpool
20%Walk

Share of the 25 commuters (the 7% 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.

How far

How far Tselakai Dezza’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBlanding: 27% · 28.8 miMontezuma Creek: 18% · 17.7 miMonticello: 9% · 47.9 miMoab: 9% · 94 miCedar City: 9% · 194 miBlanding 27%Montezuma Creek 18%Monticello 9%Moab 9%Cedar City 9%Tselakai Dezza
Tselakai DezzaTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
27%10–24 mi3 residents
55%25–50 mi6 residents
18%Over 50 mi2 residents

About 18% 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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Tselakai Dezza: questions

What is the median household income in Tselakai Dezza?

$34,000 (±$19,399) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Tselakai Dezza?

50.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Tselakai Dezza work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blanding (27%, 29 mi), Montezuma Creek (18%, 18 mi), Monticello (9%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Tselakai Dezza without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 47% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Tselakai Dezza, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Tselakai Dezza

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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.