Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0Crawfordsville has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 3% work in Crawfordsville itself; outside it, Memphis draws the most (29%, 22 miles). There are 56 jobs in Crawfordsville; 214 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, against 9% across Arkansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Crawfordsville apart
Crawfordsville is a place people come home to
There are 56 jobs based in Crawfordsville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Crawfordsville has about 290 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Crawfordsville works in Memphis
61 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Memphis, TN, 22 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Crawfordsville itself. The commute map ↓
A lot of Crawfordsville workers cross into Tennessee
24% of Crawfordsville workers work outside Arkansas, most of them in Tennessee, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 214 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Crawfordsville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 207 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Crawfordsville on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Crawfordsville to work: where people go
Where Crawfordsville clocks in
29% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Making and building: 64% of jobs based in Crawfordsville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crawfordsville, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 56. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crawfordsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Crawfordsville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crawfordsville workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 228 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Crawfordsville commutes less than 22 miles
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Crawfordsville: questions
What is the median household income in Crawfordsville?
$83,500 (±$28,277) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crawfordsville?
3.5%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crawfordsville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crawfordsville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Memphis (29%, 22 mi), West Memphis (18%, 9 mi), Marion (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crawfordsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crawfordsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crawfordsville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.