Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Most of Crittenden commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Crittenden has 552 jobs for 1,807 working residents. The two grades for Crittenden are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Crittenden is behind 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Crittenden
Many jobs in Crittenden pay little
39% of the jobs based in Crittenden pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 30% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Crittenden
58% of Crittenden residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Crittenden pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Crittenden empties out on a workday
About 2,900 people are in Crittenden on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 4,200 who live here: 1,800 head out to work and 500 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Crittenden
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crittenden is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #72 of 142 in Kentucky. Job access by car holds Crittenden’s grade up (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($57,283, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crittenden could be anywhere from C− to A−.
What Crittenden’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crittenden, 2013 → 2023: 464 → 552. 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 Crittenden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Crittenden
On a workday 1,754 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 499 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Crittenden on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
10% of working residents work in Florence
Where Crittenden clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Crittenden’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crittenden workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,862 commuters (the 3% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Crittenden
About 15% 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.
For most of Crittenden, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crittenden is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #137 of 142 in Kentucky. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Kentucky.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,912 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). 4.4% of Crittenden households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crittenden’s commuters take a bus or train.
Crittenden places 2,590th of 4,112 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 14 | Indian Hills KY | 2,939 | $192K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Buckner KY | 4,119 | $164K | 0.1% | 2.1% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 290 | Prospect KY | 4,705 | $163K | 2.4% | 4.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,588 | Kalkaska Township MI | 5,207 | $64K | 13.6% | 2.1% | 29% | C+ |
| 2,589 | Johnson Township OH | 3,135 | $60K | 7.4% | 5.6% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,590 | Crittenden KY | 4,185 | $57K | 9.5% | 5.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,591 | Byrnes Mill MO | 3,183 | $99K | 21.1% | 9.8% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,592 | Palatine NY | 3,227 | $70K | 13.7% | 2.4% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Crittenden, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
Crittenden and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crittenden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crittenden | – | C+ | D | 26 min | $57,283 |
| Verona | under 3% | A+ | D | 36 min | $144,507 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crittenden’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 Crittenden: questions
What is the median household income in Crittenden?
$57,283 (±$10,550) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crittenden?
9.5%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crittenden?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crittenden work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Florence (10%, 14 mi), Williamstown (5%, 10 mi), Cincinnati (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crittenden walkable?
Crittenden is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crittenden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crittenden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crittenden
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.