Photo: NathanielCwebb1996 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Crawfordsville are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns
About one in three stay in Crawfordsville for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (9%, 44 miles). The poverty rate is 15.2%; Indiana has 12.3%. Crawfordsville grades C for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Crawfordsville apart on work
Crawfordsville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Crawfordsville is Indianapolis, 44 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (626) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Crawfordsville are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Crawfordsville’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crawfordsville is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #470 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Crawfordsville’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($55,033, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crawfordsville could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Crawfordsville
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Crawfordsville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crawfordsville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,991 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
A workday in Crawfordsville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 4,330 residents head out to work, 2,487 work right here, and 7,223 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Crawfordsville on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).
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 towns that employ Crawfordsville’s residents
Where Crawfordsville clocks in
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 34% of Crawfordsville’s jobs are in goods
9,710 jobs are based in Crawfordsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crawfordsville, 2013 → 2023: 11,073 → 9,710. 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 Crawfordsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Crawfordsville is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crawfordsville is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns, #41 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 8.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,364 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.8% of Crawfordsville households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Crawfordsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000, Crawfordsville ranks 1,599th of 1,999 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 41 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,597 | Wayne MI | 17,065 | $59K | 15.7% | 10.3% | 5% | C |
| 1,598 | Henry Township IN | 22,005 | $58K | 17.0% | 4.4% | 33% | C |
| 1,599 | Crawfordsville IN | 16,699 | $55K | 15.2% | 4.4% | 36% | C |
| 1,600 | Southbridge Town MA | 18,105 | $66K | 15.3% | 7.2% | 20% | C |
| 1,601 | Phillipsburg NJ | 15,456 | $68K | 20.2% | 7.3% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | 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 Crawfordsville, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Crawfordsville: questions
What is the median household income in Crawfordsville?
$55,033 (±$3,915) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crawfordsville?
15.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crawfordsville?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crawfordsville work?
36% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (9%, 44 mi), Lafayette (6%, 25 mi), Union Township (5%, 0 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crawfordsville walkable?
Crawfordsville is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crawfordsville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crawfordsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crawfordsville
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.