Gen. George T. Wood House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Crayne has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Kentucky as a whole has 10%. There are 18 jobs in Crayne, against 49 working residents. Hardly any work in Crayne itself; outside it, Marion draws the most (24%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Crayne quiets down on a workday
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40 people are in Crayne on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Where the trip to work from Crayne ends
Where Crayne clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
Crayne works in goods: 50% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crayne, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 18. 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 Crayne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Crayne
of Crayne workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Crayne
About 29% 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 Crayne: questions
What is the median household income in Crayne?
$133,125 (±$58,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crayne?
0.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Crayne work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (24%, 3 mi), Madisonville (10%, 32 mi), Central City (6%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crayne without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crayne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crayne
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.