Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0Cresson’s household incomes are higher than in 69% of U.S. towns
Hardly any stay in Cresson for work; outside it, Fort Worth is the main destination (33%, 23 miles). The poverty rate is 12.0%, against 13.8% across Texas. For jobs and income Cresson is better than 65% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cresson: the figures worth knowing
Cresson workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 52 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 399 hours of commuting, 192 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Cresson and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Cresson residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Cresson come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Cresson pay over $40,000 a year
76% of the jobs based in Cresson pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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; with 746 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Cresson’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Cresson’s grade up (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.5%) is left out: Cresson’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, Cresson could be anywhere from C+ to A.
About 52 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cresson workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 516 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Where people from Cresson work
Where Cresson clocks in
33% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 34% of the jobs in Cresson
441 jobs are based in Cresson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cresson, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 441. 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 Cresson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cresson on a workday afternoon
On a workday 745 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 440 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Cresson on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
How far it is to work from Cresson
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.
Most of Cresson commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 579 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 Cresson households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cresson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Cresson ranks 1,448th of 5,404 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 24 | Shoreacres TX | 1,535 | $131K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,446 | Devola OH | 2,688 | $100K | 2.1% | 5.6% | 5% | B |
| 1,447 | St. Clair PA | 2,755 | $64K | 7.8% | 1.5% | 10% | B |
| 1,448 | Cresson TX | 2,126 | $92K | 12.0% | 4.5% | <1% | B |
| 1,449 | Riley Township OH | 2,167 | $66K | 2.6% | 2.7% | 10% | B |
| 1,450 | Washington Township OH | 1,685 | $80K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Cresson, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Cresson: questions
What is the median household income in Cresson?
$91,518 (±$15,289) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cresson?
12.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cresson?
52 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cresson work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (33%, 23 mi), Granbury (8%, 12 mi), Dallas (4%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cresson walkable?
Cresson is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cresson 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 Cresson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cresson
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.