Making a living in Ridgely
The average commute takes 33 minutes each way, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Missouri. Hardly any work in Ridgely; the top destination outside it is Kansas City (25%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ridgely on a workday afternoon
On a workday 56 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 82 people are in Ridgely on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Ridgely’s working residents head each day
Where Ridgely clocks in
25% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Ridgely: what the 35 are
35 jobs are based in Ridgely.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ridgely, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 35. 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 Ridgely’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Ridgely’s commute takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ridgely workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 5% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ridgely
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 2% of Ridgely workers work outside Missouri. The job records count 16% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ridgely: questions
What is the median household income in Ridgely?
$71,875 (±$36,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ridgely?
4.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ridgely?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ridgely work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (25%, 23 mi), Platte City (9%, 9 mi), St. Joseph (9%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ridgely without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ridgely, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ridgely
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.