Photo: Cooper, in Wiki Commons known as Cooper.ch 18:45, 7 August 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 2.5Rachel at work: jobs, income and the commute
Poverty touches 25.7% of residents, where Nevada as a whole has 12.4%. Hardly any work in Rachel itself; outside it, Alamo draws the most (24%, 38 miles). 13 jobs are based in Rachel for 17 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Rachel
On a workday 17 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 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.
Out of Rachel to work: where people go
Where Rachel clocks in
24% of workers
18% of workers
6% 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.
Most jobs in Rachel are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rachel, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 13. 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 Rachel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Rachel
About 71% 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 Rachel: questions
What is the median household income in Rachel?
$43,667 (±$38,689) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rachel?
25.7%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rachel work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alamo (24%, 38 mi), Caliente (18%, 70 mi), San Jose (6%, 332 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rachel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rachel
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.