Bear Creek Ranch has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
There are 20 jobs in Bear Creek Ranch, against 873 working residents. For jobs and income Bear Creek Ranch is better than 77% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−). Hardly any stay in Bear Creek Ranch for work; outside it, Dallas is the main destination (37%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bear Creek Ranch: the gist
Bear Creek Ranch is a place people come home to
There are 20 jobs based in Bear Creek Ranch, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bear Creek Ranch has about 750 people in it, 53% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
37% of Bear Creek Ranch works in Dallas
326 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Dallas, 16 miles away. That’s far more as work in Bear Creek Ranch itself. The commute map ↓
Bear Creek Ranch workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical 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 873 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Bear Creek Ranch’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Bear Creek Ranch’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bear Creek Ranch could be anywhere from B− to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Bear Creek Ranch
On a workday 873 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Bear Creek Ranch on a workday afternoon, 53% 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 Bear Creek Ranch work
Where Bear Creek Ranch clocks in
6% 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.
About 33 minutes to work from Bear Creek Ranch
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bear Creek Ranch workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 893 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Bear Creek Ranch is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bear Creek Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 20. 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 Bear Creek Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Bear Creek Ranch
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.
In Bear Creek Ranch, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,029 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Bear Creek Ranch households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bear Creek Ranch’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bear Creek Ranch next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200: 823rd of 6,161 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 29 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 821 | Canyon Creek TX | 1,646 | $92K | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A− |
| 822 | Kiawah Island SC | 2,014 | $214K | 3.1% | 1.8% | 26% | A− |
| 823 | Bear Creek Ranch TX | 1,604 | $81K | 2.9% | 5.9% | 0% | A− |
| 824 | Clermont IN | 1,403 | $82K | 8.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A− |
| 825 | Roland IA | 1,344 | $79K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bear Creek Ranch, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Bear Creek Ranch: questions
What is the median household income in Bear Creek Ranch?
$81,250 (±$20,878) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bear Creek Ranch?
2.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bear Creek Ranch?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bear Creek Ranch work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (37%, 16 mi), Irving (6%, 24 mi), Fort Worth (4%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bear Creek Ranch walkable?
Bear Creek Ranch is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bear Creek Ranch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bear Creek Ranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bear Creek 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.