Ravanna Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
40 jobs are based in Ravanna Township; 85 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Ravanna Township itself; outside it, Princeton draws the most (20%, 8 miles). The average commute takes 16 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Ravanna Township
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Ravanna Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where people from Ravanna Township work
Where Ravanna Township 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.
Ravanna Township works in goods: 70% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ravanna Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 40. 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 Ravanna Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 16 minutes from Ravanna Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ravanna Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
How many miles Ravanna Township commutes
About 25% 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.
Bordering towns draw 13% of Ravanna Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Morgan Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ravanna Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravanna Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $42,813 |
| Morgan Township | 9% | D | C+ | 22 min | $59,038 |
| Medicine Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Somerset Township | 4% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Medicine Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Marion Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| York Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Medicine Township, Somerset Township, Medicine Township, Marion Township, York Township and Washington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ravanna Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Ravanna Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ravanna Township?
$42,813 (±$31,624) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ravanna Township?
7.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ravanna Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ravanna Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Princeton (20%, 8 mi), Morgan Township (9%, 8 mi), Mercer (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ravanna Township 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 Ravanna Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ravanna Township
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.