Photo: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Crawford earn more than those in 93% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 7.8% of residents, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. The two grades for Crawford are B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 7% stay in Crawford for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (14%, 66 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Crawford, in a few figures
Crawford’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Crawford is New York City, 66 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (545) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Crawford
65% of Crawford residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in Crawford pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Crawford is a place people come home to
There are 1,134 jobs based in Crawford, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Crawford has about 6,400 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. 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.
Inside Crawford’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crawford is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #306 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Crawford’s grade up ($134,955, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crawford could be anywhere from B− to A.
Miles to work from Crawford
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 Crawford’s employers do
1,134 jobs are based in Crawford.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crawford, 2013 → 2023: 1,272 → 1,134. 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 Crawford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Crawford by day
On a workday 3,520 residents head out to work, 245 work right here, and 889 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Crawford on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Crawford goes to work
Where Crawford clocks in
14% of workers
10% 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.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Crawford
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crawford workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,044 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
For most of Crawford, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crawford is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #539 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,741 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.9% of Crawford households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Crawford’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Crawford ranks: 1,331st of 2,891 U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,329 | Stuarts Draft VA | 11,780 | $79K | 7.3% | 3.2% | 18% | B |
| 1,330 | Howell MI | 9,896 | $60K | 7.7% | 3.2% | 12% | B |
| 1,331 | Crawford NY | 9,041 | $135K | 7.8% | 5.8% | 7% | B |
| 1,332 | Valley Township PA | 8,100 | $89K | 11.6% | 4.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,333 | Boyes Hot Springs CA | 7,247 | $101K | 11.6% | 3.4% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,891 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Crawford, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 22% of Crawford
The biggest share goes to Wallkill (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crawford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford | – | B | B− | 31 min | $134,955 |
| Shawangunk | 5% | B− | C | 35 min | $109,536 |
| Mamakating | under 3% | C+ | C | 34 min | $90,631 |
| Montgomery | 7% | B | A− | 34 min | $92,939 |
| Wallkill | 10% | B− | A− | 31 min | $96,076 |
| Watchtower | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Watchtower: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crawford’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 Crawford: questions
What is the median household income in Crawford?
$134,955 (±$10,837) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crawford?
7.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crawford?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crawford work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (14%, 66 mi), Wallkill (10%, 7 mi), Montgomery (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crawford walkable?
Crawford is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crawford without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crawford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crawford
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.