Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 3.0Ridge Manor has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns. 115 jobs are based in Ridge Manor, against 1,809 working residents. For jobs and income Ridge Manor is better than 15% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ridge Manor: the figures worth knowing
Ridge Manor workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Ridge Manor is a place people come home to
There are 115 jobs based in Ridge Manor, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ridge Manor has about 2,200 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Ridge Manor’s grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Ridge Manor’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ridge Manor could be anywhere from D− to B−.
The trip to work from Ridge Manor: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ridge Manor workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,440 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Ridge Manor on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,804 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Ridge Manor on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
7% of working residents work in Tampa
Where Ridge Manor 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 kinds of work in Ridge Manor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ridge Manor, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 115. 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 Ridge Manor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ridge Manor
About 22% 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.
Few in Ridge Manor walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,564 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.7% of Ridge Manor households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ridge Manor’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Ridge Manor ranks: 3,507th of 4,084 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,505 | Unadilla NY | 4,098 | $56K | 11.3% | 5.9% | 5% | C− |
| 3,506 | Pixley CA | 3,742 | $56K | 16.2% | 6.2% | 8% | C− |
| 3,507 | Ridge Manor FL | 3,935 | $58K | 14.6% | 5.8% | <1% | C− |
| 3,508 | Willits CA | 4,760 | $63K | 9.9% | 10.3% | 40% | C− |
| 3,509 | Adams Township IN | 5,235 | $61K | 18.9% | 5.4% | 18% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ridge Manor, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Ridge Manor: questions
What is the median household income in Ridge Manor?
$57,857 (±$8,099) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ridge Manor?
14.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ridge Manor?
40 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ridge Manor work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (7%, 40 mi), Dade City (6%, 10 mi), Brooksville (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ridge Manor walkable?
Ridge Manor is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ridge Manor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ridge Manor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ridge Manor
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.