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Jobs & commute in El Rancho

El Rancho has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any work in El Rancho itself; outside it, Visalia draws the most (22%, 16 miles). El Rancho has 1 jobs; 27 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers (California 17%).

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

Day and night

El Rancho quiets down on a workday

On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

27live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday100
130live here− 27head out to work+ 1come in to work= 100on a workday

About 100 people are in El Rancho on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs 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

Where the trip to work from El Rancho ends

Farmersville: 1 residents work here (4%)Lindsay: 2 residents work here (7%)Hanford: 1 residents work here (4%)Pittsburg: 1 residents work here (4%)Porterville: 1 residents work here (4%)Visalia: 6 residents work here (22%)San Jose: 1 residents work here (4%)Fresno: 2 residents work here (7%)Bakersfield: 1 residents work here (4%)El RanchoVisaliaLindsayFresnoFarmersvilleHanfordPittsburgEl Rancho
1
Visalia16.2 mi away
22%6
2
Lindsay1.6 mi away
7%2
3
Fresno56.1 mi away
7%2
4
Farmersville9.7 mi away
4%1
5
Hanford33.5 mi away
4%1
6
Pittsburg199.4 mi away
4%1
7
Porterville11 mi away
4%1
8
San Jose169.2 mi away
4%1
9
Bakersfield60 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%11
The top trips

Where El Rancho 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

El Rancho is a services town

Jobs based in El RanchoJobs El Rancho residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%37%
Trade, transport & utilities0%15%
Services: health, schools, offices100%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%30%
Over $3,333 a month0%52%

Who does it

29 or younger0%30%
30 to 54100%41%
55 and older0%30%
−75%

Jobs based in El Rancho, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 1. 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 El Rancho’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in El Rancho

Working from home
0%

of El Rancho workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How El Rancho gets to work
100%Carpool

Share of the 30 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% 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

El Rancho’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miVisalia: 22% · 16.2 miLindsay: 7% · 1.6 miFresno: 7% · 56.1 miFarmersville: 4% · 9.7 miHanford: 4% · 33.5 miPittsburg: 4% · 199.4 miPorterville: 4% · 11 miSan Jose: 4% · 169.2 miBakersfield: 4% · 60 miVisalia 22%Lindsay 7%Fresno 7%Farmersville 4%Hanford 4%El Rancho
El RanchoTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi6 residents
41%10–24 mi11 residents
11%25–50 mi3 residents
26%Over 50 mi7 residents

About 26% 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 El Rancho: questions

What is the poverty rate in El Rancho?

40.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in El Rancho work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Visalia (22%, 16 mi), Lindsay (7%, 2 mi), Fresno (7%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around El Rancho 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 El Rancho, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of El Rancho

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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.