Where Ranchette Estates earns its living
0% of workers work from home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Hardly any work in Ranchette Estates itself; outside it, Harlingen draws the most (15%, 22 miles). Ranchette Estates has 39 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Ranchette Estates
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Ranchette Estates on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where Ranchette Estates’ working residents head each day
Where Ranchette Estates clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Working from home in Ranchette Estates
of Ranchette Estates workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 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.
The distance from Ranchette Estates to work
About 28% 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 Ranchette Estates: questions
What is the poverty rate in Ranchette Estates?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ranchette Estates work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harlingen (15%, 22 mi), Edinburg (10%, 24 mi), McAllen (10%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ranchette Estates without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 100% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ranchette Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ranchette Estates
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.