Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Crafton works elsewhere
Employers in Crafton report 1,139 jobs, and 2,867 of its residents work somewhere. Crafton grades B− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Crafton, in brief
Most Crafton residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Crafton and Pittsburgh trade workers both ways
Pittsburgh is the top workplace for Crafton residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Crafton come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Crafton than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Crafton fell from 1,757 in 2013 to 1,139 in 2023, −35%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Crafton
65% of Crafton residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Crafton pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Where Crafton’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crafton is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #721 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Crafton’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crafton could be anywhere from C to A−.
How far it is to work from Crafton
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.
36% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Crafton clocks in
36% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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 Crafton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crafton, 2013 → 2023: 1,757 → 1,139. 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 Crafton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Crafton by day and by night
On a workday 2,756 residents head out to work, 111 work right here, and 1,028 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Crafton 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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Crafton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crafton workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,547 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Crafton is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,196 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 59% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 26.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most 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). 14.7% of Crafton households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Crafton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,375 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,800, Crafton comes 1,960th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 61 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,958 | Whitesboro TX | 4,188 | $70K | 16.5% | 2.2% | 13% | B− |
| 1,959 | Orchard Homes MT | 5,588 | $65K | 8.7% | 4.7% | 4% | B− |
| 1,960 | Crafton PA | 5,790 | $64K | 9.6% | 7.4% | 4% | B− |
| 1,961 | Catoosa OK | 7,471 | $72K | 12.8% | 5.9% | 10% | B− |
| 1,962 | Fairfield ME | 6,537 | $64K | 10.9% | 2.8% | 9% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,375 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Crafton, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Crafton and its neighbors: 36% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crafton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafton | – | B− | A+ | 24 min | $64,006 |
| Pittsburgh | 36% | C+ | A+ | 23 min | $65,742 |
| Thornburg | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Ingram | under 2% | B | A | 20 min | $71,154 |
| Rosslyn Farms | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Thornburg and Rosslyn Farms: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pittsburgh. Darker towns draw more of Crafton’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 Crafton: questions
What is the median household income in Crafton?
$64,006 (±$17,005) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crafton?
9.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crafton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crafton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (36%, 5 mi), Robinson Township (4%, 4 mi), Findlay Township (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crafton walkable?
Crafton is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.2 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crafton without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. 59% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crafton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crafton
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.