Work & commute · Ridge

Work & commute in Ridge, KS

Most working residents leave Ridge for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Junction City (11%), Salina (9%) and Woodbine (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 35 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 35 Ridge residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridge.

35live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridge goes to work

Junction City23.5 mi away

11%4

Salina28.3 mi away

9%3

Woodbine8.2 mi away

6%2

Abilene14.2 mi away

6%2

Herington16 mi away

6%2

Topeka77.9 mi away

6%2

Smolan30.3 mi away

6%2

Enterprise10.9 mi away

3%1

Chapman16.3 mi away

3%1

Pratt116 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%15

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ridge commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

34%

23%

34%

9%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridge is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridge are

19 jobs are based in Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ridge

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs Ridge residents hold

35 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+111%

Jobs based in Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 19. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.