Photo: Federico Pizano · CC BY 3.0Households in Crockett have higher incomes than those in 84% of U.S. towns
11.2% of residents are in poverty, next to 12.0% for California as a whole. Crockett grades B for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.5 in San Francisco.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Crockett, in brief
Crockett makes and builds things
58% of the jobs based in Crockett are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Crockett residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 12%. The jobs ↓
Crockett workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Crockett pay over $40,000 a year
80% of the jobs based in Crockett pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Crockett
26% of Crockett workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Crockett’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Crockett is San Francisco, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (188) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Crockett
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crockett is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #375 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Crockett’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crockett could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Goods jobs make up 58% of work in Crockett
903 jobs are based in Crockett.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crockett, 2013 → 2023: 784 → 903. 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 Crockett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 39 minutes each way, longer than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crockett workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,191 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Crockett
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.
Who commutes out of Crockett, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,355 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 839 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Crockett on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in San Francisco
Where Crockett clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Crockett
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crockett is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #117 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Crockett near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,608 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 74% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 40% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 73% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.0% of Crockett households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Crockett’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Crockett is 1,529th among 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,527 | New Jasper Township OH | 2,710 | $107K | 3.7% | 8.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,528 | Clinton Township OH | 4,153 | $72K | 19.0% | 2.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,529 | Crockett CA | 3,372 | $111K | 11.2% | 6.5% | 5% | B |
| 1,530 | Tangelo Park FL | 2,404 | $68K | 8.9% | 4.3% | 0% | B |
| 1,531 | Kirtland AFB NM | 3,413 | $85K | 12.9% | 6.9% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Crockett, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Crockett: questions
What is the median household income in Crockett?
$110,899 (±$13,040) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crockett?
11.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crockett?
39 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crockett work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (13%, 22 mi), Oakland (8%, 20 mi), Martinez (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crockett walkable?
Crockett is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.0 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crockett without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 40% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crockett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crockett
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.