Work & commute · Boys Ranch

Work & commute in Boys Ranch, TX

Most working residents leave Boys Ranch for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (25%), Vega (6%) and Hereford (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 65 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 62 Boys Ranch residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boys Ranch.

62live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boys Ranch goes to work

Amarillo33.2 mi away

25%16

Vega22.4 mi away

6%4

Hereford49.9 mi away

6%4

Wildorado22.7 mi away

6%4

Adrian29.5 mi away

5%3

Dumas27.8 mi away

5%3

Boys Ranch (in town)right here

5%3

Canyon42.1 mi away

3%2

Dallas366.3 mi away

3%2

Lubbock137.9 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%22

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

How far

How far Boys Ranch commutes

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

17%

63%

16%

5%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

63%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boys Ranch is a job hub

4.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Boys Ranch are

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

Jobs based in Boys Ranch

269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Boys Ranch residents hold

65 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−36%

Jobs based in Boys Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 422 → 269. 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.