Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Crescent commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Crescent itself; outside it, Omaha draws the most (34%, 12 miles). 50 jobs are based in Crescent for 302 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes (Iowa 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Crescent, in a few figures
Many Crescent workers cross into Nebraska
42% of Crescent workers work outside Iowa, most of them in Nebraska, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Crescent is a place people come home to
There are 50 jobs based in Crescent, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Crescent has about 360 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Crescent works in Omaha
104 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Omaha, NE, 12 miles away. That’s far more as work in Crescent itself. 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 302 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Crescent’s residents
Where Crescent clocks in
34% of workers
22% of workers
3% 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.
Who leaves Crescent for work, and who comes in
On a workday 301 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Crescent on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
The kinds of work in Crescent
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crescent, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 50. 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 Crescent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Crescent
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crescent workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 264 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% 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 it is to work from Crescent
About 21% 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 Crescent: questions
What is the median household income in Crescent?
$116,042 (±$25,137) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crescent?
0.4%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crescent?
21 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crescent work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (34%, 12 mi), Council Bluffs (22%, 9 mi), Missouri Valley (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crescent without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crescent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crescent
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.