At 0.5%, unemployment in Ranchettes is lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Ranchettes is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Ranchettes are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 22% of workers, next to 9% for Wyoming as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Ranchettes apart
More than half of Ranchettes works in Cheyenne
1,903 working residents, 67%, have their main job in Cheyenne, 6.4 miles away across the town line. That’s 34 times as many as work in Ranchettes itself. The commute map ↓
Most Ranchettes residents work close to home
79% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
A lot of Ranchettes works from home
22% of Ranchettes workers work from home, against 9% across Wyoming. Time on the road ↓
Ranchettes is a place people come home to
There are 609 jobs based in Ranchettes, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ranchettes has about 3,700 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Ranchettes: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ranchettes is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #1 of 28 in Wyoming. Unemployment holds Ranchettes’ grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ranchettes could be anywhere from A− to A.
67% of working residents work in Cheyenne
Where Ranchettes clocks in
67% of workers
3% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ranchettes
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.
The trip to work from Ranchettes: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ranchettes workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,973 commuters (the 22% 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.
How a workday changes Ranchettes
On a workday 2,790 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 549 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Ranchettes on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.21 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.
A place that makes things: 34% of Ranchettes’ jobs are in goods
609 jobs are based in Ranchettes.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ranchettes, 2013 → 2023: 487 → 609. 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 Ranchettes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Ranchettes is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ranchettes is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #27 of 28 in Wyoming. Both inputs place Ranchettes near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,517 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.1% of Ranchettes households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ranchettes’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranchettes places 340th of 3,336 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,000
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 338 | Eudora KS | 6,506 | $118K | 4.9% | 2.9% | 10% | A |
| 339 | Almena Township MI | 5,404 | $108K | 4.2% | 0.7% | 2% | A |
| 340 | Ranchettes WY | 5,949 | $121K | 2.9% | 0.5% | 2% | A |
| 341 | Riverside MD | 6,585 | $106K | 5.7% | 2.0% | 5% | A |
| 342 | Litchfield Park AZ | 6,727 | $126K | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Worland WY | 4,730 | $63K | 10.7% | 3.1% | 55% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,556 | Powell WY | 6,574 | $64K | 12.8% | 3.7% | 44% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,631 | Lander WY | 7,379 | $75K | 9.5% | 7.4% | 52% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,336 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Ranchettes, the top three, the last and three more from Wyoming.
Bordering towns draw 67% of Ranchettes’ workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ranchettes workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranchettes | – | A | C− | 19 min | $121,445 |
| Cheyenne | 67% | B | B | 16 min | $78,839 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cheyenne. Darker towns draw more of Ranchettes’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 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 Ranchettes: questions
What is the median household income in Ranchettes?
$121,445 (±$20,133) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ranchettes?
2.9%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ranchettes?
19 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ranchettes work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cheyenne (67%, 6 mi), Laramie (3%, 44 mi), Fox Farm-College (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ranchettes walkable?
Ranchettes is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ranchettes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ranchettes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ranchettes
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. 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.