More than half of Padre Ranchitos’ working residents commute to Yuma
Only 1% stay in Padre Ranchitos for work; outside it, Yuma is the main destination (59%, 12 miles). There are 32 jobs in Padre Ranchitos, against 86 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Padre Ranchitos, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where Padre Ranchitos’ working residents head each day
Where Padre Ranchitos clocks in
59% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Padre Ranchitos is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Padre Ranchitos, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 32. 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 Padre Ranchitos’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Padre Ranchitos commutes less than 5 miles
About 19% 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 Padre Ranchitos: questions
Where do people who live in Padre Ranchitos work?
1% work in town.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Padre Ranchitos, from the people who make the trip.
More of Padre Ranchitos
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.