Jobs and the daily commute in El Rancho
0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Wyoming. Hardly any stay in El Rancho for work; outside it, Guernsey is the main destination (25%, 16 miles). No jobs are based in El Rancho in the Census job records; 4 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves El Rancho for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
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 2024, primary jobs.
The places El Rancho commutes to
Where El Rancho clocks in
25% of workers
25% of workers
25% 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 El Rancho
of El Rancho workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 37 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Wyoming: 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.
El Rancho’s commute, mile by mile
About 75% 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 2024.
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 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 El Rancho: questions
What is the poverty rate in El Rancho?
21.3%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in El Rancho work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Guernsey (25%, 16 mi), Rock River (25%, 60 mi), Newcastle (25%, 118 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around El Rancho 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 El Rancho, from the people who make the trip.
More of El Rancho
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.