Photo: Ven-Lib · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of The Crossings works elsewhere
Only 3% work in The Crossings; the top destination outside it is Miami (19%, 14 miles). 3,263 jobs are based in The Crossings; 9,558 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income The Crossings is better than 88% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The Crossings and work: the main findings
Inside The Crossings’ Jobs & income grade
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, The Crossings could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The kinds of work in The Crossings
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in The Crossings, 2013 → 2023: 2,778 → 3,263. 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 The Crossings’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of The Crossings on a workday
On a workday 9,236 residents head out to work, 322 work right here, and 2,941 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in The Crossings on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Commuting out of The Crossings: the destinations
Where The Crossings clocks in
19% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
The trip to work from The Crossings: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of The Crossings workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,681 commuters (the 12% 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.
How far The Crossings goes to work
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.
Getting around The Crossings: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,090 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 78% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 17% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% 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). 5.7% of The Crossings households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of The Crossings’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, The Crossings is 349th of 1,712 U.S. towns of 16,000 to 31,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 347 | Warrington Township PA | 26,261 | $133K | 3.5% | 5.3% | 7% | A |
| 348 | Portsmouth RI | 17,474 | $117K | 4.9% | 3.1% | 16% | A |
| 349 | The Crossings FL | 22,963 | $91K | 7.6% | 2.1% | 3% | A |
| 350 | Summit NJ | 23,314 | $190K | 5.5% | 5.4% | 12% | A |
| 351 | Plymouth Township MI | 27,130 | $117K | 4.7% | 4.6% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 The Crossings, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The Crossings and its neighbors: 13% work next door
The biggest share goes to Kendall (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | The Crossings workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crossings | – | A | B+ | 30 min | $91,012 |
| Three Lakes | 3% | A− | A− | 33 min | $102,306 |
| Kendall | 8% | B+ | A | 30 min | $87,325 |
| The Hammocks | 2% | B+ | A− | 35 min | $85,628 |
| Kendale Lakes | under 2% | B | B+ | 33 min | $71,621 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of The Crossings’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 The Crossings: questions
What is the median household income in The Crossings?
$91,012 (±$13,815) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in The Crossings?
7.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from The Crossings?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in The Crossings work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (19%, 14 mi), Kendall (8%, 3 mi), Coral Gables (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is The Crossings walkable?
The Crossings is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around The Crossings without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 17% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from The Crossings, from the people who make the trip.
More of The Crossings
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.