Work & commute · Ralls

Work & commute in Ralls, TX

Most working residents leave Ralls for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (34%), Amarillo (3%) and Crosbyton (2%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

83 of 687 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 604 Ralls residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ralls.

604live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ralls goes to work

Lubbock30.1 mi away

34%237

Ralls (in town)right here

12%83

Amarillo108.1 mi away

3%18

Crosbyton8.8 mi away

2%17

Floydada21.2 mi away

2%13

Plainview40.4 mi away

2%13

Midland121.9 mi away

2%11

Levelland56.8 mi away

1%10

Houston443.1 mi away

1%9

Idalou17.2 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%268

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

How far

How far Ralls commutes

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

20%

41%

30%

20%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ralls is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ralls are

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

Jobs based in Ralls

286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Ralls residents hold

687 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−15%

Jobs based in Ralls, 2013 → 2023: 336 → 286. 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.