State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River · Photo: Henley Quadling · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Ravenna
Hardly any stay in Ravenna for work; outside it, Bonham is the main destination (24%, 6 miles). Working residents average 64 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26). The Census job records count 88 working residents of Ravenna and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Ravenna
On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Ravenna on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 Ravenna’s working residents head each day
Where Ravenna clocks in
24% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
Ravenna’s commute takes about 64 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 20.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ravenna workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 141 commuters (the 11% 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 Ravenna goes to work
About 33% 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 Ravenna: questions
What is the median household income in Ravenna?
$67,500 (±$55,671) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ravenna?
7.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ravenna?
64 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ravenna work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bonham (24%, 6 mi), Sherman (9%, 22 mi), McKinney (6%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ravenna 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 Ravenna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ravenna
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.