Making a living in Crows Landing
Only 2% work in Crows Landing itself; outside it, Patterson draws the most (6%, 7 miles). 172 jobs are based in Crows Landing; 104 of its residents have a job. 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 12.0% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Crows Landing
On a workday 102 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Crows Landing on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Crows Landing’s workforce comes from
Where Crows Landing clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 70% of the jobs in Crows Landing
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crows Landing, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 172. 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 Crows Landing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Crows Landing
of Crows Landing workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 182 commuters (the 17% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Crows Landing
About 33% 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 Crows Landing: questions
What is the poverty rate in Crows Landing?
14.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Crows Landing work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Patterson (6%, 7 mi), Turlock (6%, 14 mi), Tracy (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crows Landing without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crows Landing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crows Landing
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.