Heart Mountain Relocation Center · Photo: Jeremykemp (Uploads) · CC BY-SA 3.0For about two in five of its working residents, Ralston is a commute to Powell
Employers in Ralston report 79 jobs; 84 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Ralston for work; outside it, Powell is the main destination (42%, 7 miles). For 12% of workers, the job is at home, against 9% across Wyoming.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 78 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Ralston ends
Where Ralston clocks in
42% of workers
13% of workers
2% 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 jobs make up 54% of work in Ralston
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ralston, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 79. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ralston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Ralston
of Ralston workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 72 commuters (the 12% 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.
Miles to work from Ralston
About 23% 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 Ralston: questions
What is the median household income in Ralston?
$36,285 (±$18,525) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ralston?
23.4%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ralston work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Ralston 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 Ralston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ralston
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.