Photo: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0Work means Klamath Falls for about half of Running Y Ranch’s working residents
Only 4% work in Running Y Ranch; the top destination outside it is Klamath Falls (47%, 6 miles). Working residents average 18 minutes each way, next to 23 for Oregon and 26 for the U.S. There are 265 jobs in Running Y Ranch for 323 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Running Y Ranch stands out on work
Nearly half of Running Y Ranch works in Klamath Falls
151 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Klamath Falls, 6.4 miles away. That’s 12 times as many as work in Running Y Ranch itself. The commute map ↓
Most Running Y Ranch residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Running Y Ranch are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Oregon. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oregon worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 323 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Running Y Ranch: the destinations
Where Running Y Ranch clocks in
47% of workers
3% 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.
The distance from Running Y Ranch to work
About 24% 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.
Time on the road from Running Y Ranch: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Running Y Ranch workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 174 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Running Y Ranch, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 311 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Running Y Ranch on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 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.
Jobs in Running Y Ranch: what the 265 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Running Y Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 265. 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 Running Y Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Running Y Ranch: questions
What is the median household income in Running Y Ranch?
$102,697 (±$19,549) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Running Y Ranch?
2.3%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Running Y Ranch?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Running Y Ranch work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around Running Y Ranch 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 Running Y Ranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Running Y 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.