Owl Ranch has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Owl Ranch report 9 jobs, and 80 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Owl Ranch; the top destination outside it is Corpus Christi (16%, 57 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Owl Ranch
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 77 people are in Owl Ranch on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 Owl Ranch goes to work
Where Owl Ranch clocks in
16% of workers
11% 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.
Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Owl Ranch
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Owl Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Owl Ranch
of Owl Ranch workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far Owl Ranch’s workers travel
About 49% 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 Owl Ranch: questions
What is the poverty rate in Owl Ranch?
22.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Owl Ranch work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corpus Christi (16%, 57 mi), Alice (15%, 10 mi), San Antonio (11%, 112 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Owl 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 Owl Ranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Owl 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.