Photo: State of Florida, photo by H. Means · Public domainCrystal Springs has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Crystal Springs is better than 39% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). 49 jobs are based in Crystal Springs; 627 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Crystal Springs itself; outside it, Tampa draws the most (16%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Crystal Springs stands out on work
Crystal Springs is a place people come home to
There are 49 jobs based in Crystal Springs, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Crystal Springs has about 720 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Crystal Springs’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Crystal Springs is Tampa, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (103) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Crystal Springs workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 627 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Crystal Springs’ Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Crystal Springs’ grade up (ahead of 61% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($62,375, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.8%) is left out: Crystal Springs’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Crystal Springs could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Crystal Springs
On a workday 627 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Crystal Springs on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Crystal Springs
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 34 minutes each way for Crystal Springs’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crystal Springs workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 521 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% 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.
Where the trip to work from Crystal Springs ends
Where Crystal Springs clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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.
Crystal Springs makes things: 49% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crystal Springs, 2014 → 2024: 29 → 49. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crystal Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Crystal Springs: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 632 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.9% of Crystal Springs households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crystal Springs’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Crystal Springs is 2,506th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Fisher Island FL | 1,026 | $250K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Golden Beach FL | 1,029 | $236K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,504 | Etna Township IN | 1,504 | $59K | 8.9% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,505 | Lower Mahanoy Township PA | 1,603 | $70K | 5.9% | 0.4% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,506 | Crystal Springs FL | 1,298 | $62K | 12.6% | 6.8% | 0% | C+ |
| 2,507 | Perryopolis PA | 1,599 | $61K | 12.0% | 4.7% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,508 | Stevenson Township IL | 1,138 | $93K | 10.7% | 0.0% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Crystal Springs, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Crystal Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Crystal Springs?
$62,375 (±$6,642) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crystal Springs?
12.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crystal Springs?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crystal Springs work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (16%, 25 mi), Zephyrhills (7%, 4 mi), Lakeland (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Crystal Springs walkable?
Crystal Springs is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crystal Springs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crystal Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crystal Springs
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.