Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Ranshaw works elsewhere
Working residents average 42 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Employers in Ranshaw report 53 jobs, against 144 working residents. Hardly any stay in Ranshaw for work; outside it, Mahoning Township is the main destination (8%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Ranshaw, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 144 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Ranshaw on a workday afternoon, 13% 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.
The places Ranshaw commutes to
Where Ranshaw clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
What Ranshaw’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ranshaw, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 53. 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 Ranshaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Ranshaw spends getting to work: about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ranshaw workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 210 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Ranshaw commutes less than 20 miles
About 23% 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.
Around Ranshaw: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ranshaw workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranshaw | – | — | — | 42 min | $53,349 |
| Marshallton | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marshallton: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ranshaw’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 Ranshaw: questions
What is the median household income in Ranshaw?
$53,349 (±$10,530) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ranshaw?
4.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ranshaw?
42 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ranshaw work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahoning Township (8%, 13 mi), Coal Township (8%, 1 mi), Ralpho Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ranshaw without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ranshaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ranshaw
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.