With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Ripley works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Ripley itself; outside it, Blythe draws the most (39%, 9 miles). Employers in Ripley report 17 jobs for 205 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ripley at work: what stands out
Ripley and Blythe trade workers both ways
Blythe is the top workplace for Ripley residents (39%) and also where the most people who work in Ripley come from (35% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Ripley is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in Ripley, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ripley has about 290 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
45% 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 ↓
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 205 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Ripley: the destinations
Where Ripley clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Ripley
On a workday 201 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Ripley on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
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 from Ripley, by distance
About 45% 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.
The kinds of work in Ripley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ripley, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 17. 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 Ripley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Ripley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ripley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 128 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.
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 Ripley: questions
What is the median household income in Ripley?
$28,775 (±$5,520) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ripley?
42.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ripley?
18 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ripley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blythe (39%, 9 mi), Ehrenberg (7%, 12 mi), El Centro (4%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ripley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ripley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ripley
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.