Santa Rita Ranch’s household incomes are higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
For 36% of workers, the job is at home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Poverty touches 0.9% of residents, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Jobs and income earn Santa Rita Ranch A; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Santa Rita Ranch, in brief
Home offices are common in Santa Rita Ranch
36% of Santa Rita Ranch workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Nearly half of Santa Rita Ranch works in Austin
1,578 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Austin, 26 miles away. That’s 46 times as many as work in Santa Rita Ranch itself. The commute map ↓
Santa Rita Ranch workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Santa Rita Ranch is a place people come home to
There are 328 jobs based in Santa Rita Ranch, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Santa Rita Ranch has about 3,500 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Three in four Santa Rita Ranch workers earn over $40,000 a year
79% of Santa Rita Ranch’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Santa Rita Ranch gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Santa Rita Ranch is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #107 of 642 in Texas. The poverty rate holds Santa Rita Ranch’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Santa Rita Ranch could be anywhere from A− to A+.
About 38 minutes to work from Santa Rita Ranch
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Santa Rita Ranch workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,104 commuters (the 36% 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.
46% of working residents work in Austin
Where Santa Rita Ranch clocks in
46% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
In and out of Santa Rita Ranch on a workday
On a workday 3,378 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 310 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Santa Rita Ranch on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.10 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 2024, primary jobs.
In Santa Rita Ranch, 40% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
328 jobs are based in Santa Rita Ranch.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Santa Rita Ranch, 2014 → 2024: 83 → 328. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Santa Rita Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Santa Rita Ranch
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Santa Rita Ranch: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Santa Rita Ranch is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #316 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,273 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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 Santa Rita Ranch households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Santa Rita Ranch’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Santa Rita Ranch is 495th of 3,283 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 493 | Middlebury CT | 8,093 | $133K | 5.8% | 4.0% | 9% | A |
| 494 | Merrimac MA | 6,818 | $123K | 9.4% | 1.5% | 5% | A |
| 495 | Santa Rita Ranch TX | 6,586 | $161K | 0.9% | 5.9% | 1% | A |
| 496 | Hollymead VA | 8,482 | $118K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 5% | A |
| 497 | Ashland MO | 5,221 | $93K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Santa Rita Ranch, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Around Santa Rita Ranch: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Liberty Hill (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Santa Rita Ranch workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rita Ranch | – | A | B− | 38 min | $160,592 |
| Liberty Hill | 4% | A | C | 34 min | $115,096 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Santa Rita Ranch’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Santa Rita Ranch: questions
What is the median household income in Santa Rita Ranch?
$160,592 (±$22,676) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Santa Rita Ranch?
0.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Santa Rita Ranch?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Santa Rita Ranch work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (46%, 26 mi), Round Rock (8%, 14 mi), Cedar Park (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Santa Rita Ranch walkable?
Santa Rita Ranch is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Santa Rita Ranch without a car?
1% 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 Santa Rita Ranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Santa Rita Ranch
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.