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Jobs & commute in Laredo Ranchettes

Laredo draws more than four in five of Laredo Ranchettes’ working residents

91 jobs are based in Laredo Ranchettes for 6 working residents.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Laredo Ranchettes, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 6 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.

6live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
91work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
15.17jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

15.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.

The commute map

The towns that send workers to Laredo Ranchettes

Ketchum: 1 workers live here (1%)Rio Bravo: 4 workers live here (4%)Yorktown: 1 workers live here (1%)Premont: 1 workers live here (1%)Falfurrias: 2 workers live here (2%)Alice: 2 workers live here (2%)Corpus Christi: 4 workers live here (4%)Fort WorthLaredo: 53 workers live here (58%)Ranchitos East: 2 workers live here (2%)Laredo RanchettesZapata: 4 workers live here (4%)LaredoRio BravoCorpus ChristiZapataFalfurriasAliceLaredo Ranchettes
1
Laredo9.3 mi away
58%53
2
Rio Bravo11.6 mi away
4%4
3
Corpus Christi135.1 mi away
4%4
4
Zapata41.2 mi away
4%4
5
Falfurrias76.8 mi away
2%2
6
Alice81.3 mi away
2%2
7
Ranchitos East0.4 mi away
2%2
8
Ketchum, ID1396.4 mi away
1%1
9
Yorktown152.9 mi away
1%1
10
Premont76.3 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%17
The top trips

Where Laredo Ranchettes clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Laredo Ranchettes works in goods: 87% of its jobs

Jobs based in Laredo RanchettesJobs Laredo Ranchettes residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms87%0%
Trade, transport & utilities10%17%
Services: health, schools, offices3%83%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less16%0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month10%67%
Over $3,333 a month74%33%

Who does it

29 or younger21%0%
30 to 5457%100%
55 and older22%0%

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 Laredo Ranchettes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Laredo Ranchettes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLaredo: 83% · 9.3 miFort Worth: 17% · 384.8 miLaredo 83%Fort Worth 17%Laredo Ranchettes
Laredo RanchettesTop destinations (size = commuters)
83%Under 10 mi5 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
17%Over 50 mi1 residents

About 17% 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.

Next door

83% of Laredo Ranchettes works in a bordering town

Jobs & commute next door

TownLaredo Ranchettes workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Laredo Ranchettes–————
Laredo83%CB22 min$63,915
Ranchitos Eastunder 17%————

Same-state neighbors only. Ranchitos East: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Laredo. Darker towns draw more of Laredo Ranchettes’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Laredo Ranchettes: questions

Where do people who live in Laredo Ranchettes work?

0% work in town.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Laredo Ranchettes, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Laredo Ranchettes

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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.