Work & commute · Ransom Canyon

Work & commute in Ransom Canyon, TX

Most working residents leave Ransom Canyon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (62%), Slaton (3%) and Amarillo (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 521 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 519 Ransom Canyon residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ransom Canyon.

519live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ransom Canyon goes to work

Lubbock11.9 mi away

62%324

Slaton6.2 mi away

3%15

Amarillo115.6 mi away

2%12

Dallas289 mi away

2%8

Wolfforth18.5 mi away

1%7

Plainview45.7 mi away

1%6

Midland107 mi away

1%6

Canyon101.7 mi away

1%5

Austin320.9 mi away

1%5

San Antonio337.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%129

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

How far

How far Ransom Canyon commutes

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

20%

56%

22%

20%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ransom Canyon is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ransom Canyon are

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

Jobs based in Ransom Canyon

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Ransom Canyon residents hold

521 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+143%

Jobs based in Ransom Canyon, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 68. 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.