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Jobs & commute in Crown

Most of Crown commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident

Hardly any work in Crown; the top destination outside it is Farmington Township (13%, 2 miles). Employers in Crown report 19 jobs, against 86 working residents. For 2% of workers, the job is at home (Pennsylvania 16%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Crown, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 86 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.

86live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
19work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night150
Workday78
150live here− 86head out to work+ 19come in to work= 78on a workday

About 78 people are in Crown on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.22jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Crown’s working residents head each day

KnoxClarion: 5 residents work here (6%)Butler: 2 residents work here (2%)Brookville: 3 residents work here (3%)Butler Township: 2 residents work here (2%)Elk Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Cumberland TownshipCranberry TownshipJenks Township: 6 residents work here (7%)Clarion TownshipHighland TownshipPaint Township: 5 residents work here (6%)Porter TownshipHarmony TownshipLimestone TownshipMonroe Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Washington Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Farmington Township: 11 residents work here (13%)VowinckelCrownFarmington TownshipJenks TownshipClarionPaint TownshipWashington TownshipBrookvilleCrown
113%11
2
Jenks Township10.4 mi away
7%6
3
Clarion14.1 mi away
6%5
4
Paint Township12.9 mi away
6%5
55%4
6
Brookville18.6 mi away
3%3
7
Elk Township14.2 mi away
3%3
8
Monroe Township19.4 mi away
3%3
9
Butler49.4 mi away
2%2
10
Butler Township50.9 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%42
The top trips

Where Crown clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

In Crown, services account for most jobs

Jobs based in CrownJobs Crown residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%17%
Trade, transport & utilities0%28%
Services: health, schools, offices100%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less42%24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%27%
Over $3,333 a month21%49%

Who does it

29 or younger21%24%
30 to 5453%48%
55 and older26%28%
+0%

Jobs based in Crown, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 19. 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 Crown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 19 minutes each way for Crown’s commuters

A year of commuting
145 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Crown19 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
2%

of Crown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Crown gets to work
89%Drive alone
11%Carpool

Share of the 93 commuters (the 2% 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Crown

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miFarmington Township: 13% · 2.2 miJenks Township: 7% · 10.4 miClarion: 6% · 14.1 miPaint Township: 6% · 12.9 miWashington Township: 5% · 8.1 miBrookville: 3% · 18.6 miElk Township: 3% · 14.2 miMonroe Township: 3% · 19.4 miButler: 2% · 49.4 miButler Township: 2% · 50.9 miFarmington Township 13%Jenks Township 7%Clarion 6%Paint Township 6%Crown
CrownTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi19 residents
36%10–24 mi31 residents
14%25–50 mi12 residents
27%Over 50 mi23 residents

About 27% 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.

Next door

How Crown compares with the towns next door

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownCrown workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Crown–——19 min$58,295
Vowinckelunder 3%——26 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Vowinckel: 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 Crown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Crown: questions

What is the median household income in Crown?

$58,295 (±$19,981) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Crown?

17.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Crown?

19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Crown work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington Township (13%, 2 mi), Jenks Township (7%, 10 mi), Clarion (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Crown without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Crown, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Crown

Crown home →

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.