Work & commute · Ranger

Work & commute in Ranger, TX

Most working residents leave Ranger for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Eastland (10%), Fort Worth (9%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 63 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

121 of 1,011 working residents

Typical commute

63 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 890 Ranger residents head out of town to work, 121 work right here, and 464 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ranger.

890live here, work elsewhere

121live and work here

464work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ranger goes to work

Ranger (in town)right here

12%121

Eastland9.5 mi away

10%97

Fort Worth80.2 mi away

9%87

Dallas113.3 mi away

3%33

Abilene61.9 mi away

3%32

Cisco18.7 mi away

3%29

Arlington91.7 mi away

2%23

Austin159.5 mi away

2%20

Stephenville31.9 mi away

2%19

Weatherford56.5 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%535

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

How far

How far Ranger commutes

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

25%

10%

57%

25%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ranger is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ranger are

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

Jobs based in Ranger

585 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ranger residents hold

1,011 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+15%

Jobs based in Ranger, 2013 → 2023: 508 → 585. 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.