Work & commute · Ruch

Work & commute in Ruch, OR

Most working residents leave Ruch for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (36%), Grants Pass (15%) and Ashland (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 240 Ruch residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ruch.

240live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ruch goes to work

Medford12 mi away

36%90

Grants Pass20.4 mi away

15%37

Ashland17.7 mi away

4%10

Ruch (in town)right here

4%10

Portland229.2 mi away

4%9

Central Point12 mi away

3%7

Rogue River15.5 mi away

2%4

Phoenix12 mi away

2%4

Roseburg70.4 mi away

2%4

Salem186 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%71

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

How far

How far Ruch commutes

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

73%

18%

8%Under 10 mi

73%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ruch is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ruch are

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

Jobs based in Ruch

161 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Ruch residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−27%

Jobs based in Ruch, 2013 → 2023: 220 → 161. 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.