Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Crystal Lakes works elsewhere
44 jobs are based in Crystal Lakes for 518 working residents. Crystal Lakes grades C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Crystal Lakes, in brief
Crystal Lakes is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Crystal Lakes, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Crystal Lakes has about 770 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Crystal Lakes workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Crystal Lakes workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 518 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Crystal Lakes
On income, poverty and job access, Crystal Lakes is better than 32% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Crystal Lakes’ grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (25.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (13.1%) is left out: Crystal Lakes’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Crystal Lakes could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Crystal Lakes
On a workday 516 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Crystal Lakes on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Getting to work from Crystal Lakes takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crystal Lakes workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 392 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
12% of working residents work in Dayton
Where Crystal Lakes clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
What Crystal Lakes’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crystal Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 44. 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 Crystal Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Crystal Lakes’ commute, mile by mile
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.
For most of Crystal Lakes, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crystal Lakes is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 392 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). 0.0% of Crystal Lakes households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crystal Lakes’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Crystal Lakes ranks 2,593rd of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,591 | Milan NH | 1,354 | $70K | 6.7% | 1.2% | 4% | C |
| 2,592 | Union Township PA | 1,517 | $76K | 12.9% | 4.9% | 2% | C |
| 2,593 | Crystal Lakes OH | 1,245 | $63K | 25.9% | 13.1% | <1% | C |
| 2,594 | Castleton-on-Hudson NY | 1,463 | $52K | 14.1% | 19.1% | 4% | C |
| 2,595 | Greenwood Township MN | 1,030 | $89K | 11.6% | 3.6% | 19% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Crystal Lakes, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Crystal Lakes: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Park Layne (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crystal Lakes workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lakes | – | C | B+ | 33 min | $62,583 |
| Medway | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Park Layne | 3% | B+ | C | 19 min | $82,604 |
Same-state neighbors only. Medway: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crystal Lakes’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 Crystal Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Crystal Lakes?
$62,583 (±$13,697) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crystal Lakes?
25.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crystal Lakes?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crystal Lakes work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dayton (12%, 12 mi), Springfield (7%, 12 mi), Huber Heights (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crystal Lakes walkable?
Crystal Lakes is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crystal Lakes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crystal Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crystal Lakes
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.