Henry Tilley House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Jobs and earnings in Ransom, and the trip to work
For 2% of workers, the job is at home, against 12% across Kansas. About one in ten work in Ransom itself; outside it, Ness City draws the most (34%, 13 miles). The trip to work takes 17 minutes on average; Kansas averages 20, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ransom on a workday afternoon
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Ransom on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Ransom: the destinations
Where Ransom clocks in
34% 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.
In Ransom, services account for most jobs
137 jobs are based in Ransom.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ransom, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 137. 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 Ransom’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Ransom: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ransom workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 120 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% 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.
Half of Ransom commutes less than 13 miles
About 29% 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 Ransom: questions
What is the median household income in Ransom?
$44,000 (±$21,358) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ransom?
14.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ransom?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ransom work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ness City (34%, 13 mi), Bazine (11%, 18 mi), Utica (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ransom without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ransom, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ransom
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.