A job hub: The Ranch has 39.0 jobs per working resident, and 39 people come in to work
Hardly any work in The Ranch. 39 jobs are based in The Ranch, against 1 working residents. 33.3% of residents live below the poverty line (Minnesota 9.3%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of The Ranch
On a workday 1 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 41 people are in The Ranch on a workday afternoon, 1267% more 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 towns that send workers to The Ranch
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 Ranch makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 The Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from The Ranch
About 100% 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 The Ranch: questions
What is the poverty rate in The Ranch?
33.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in The Ranch work?
0% work in town.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from The Ranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of The Ranch
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.