Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Crockett have lower incomes than those in 97% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 22.1% of residents, against 13.8% across Texas. For jobs and income Crockett is better than 2% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (B). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Crockett stands out on work
Crockett’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Crockett is Houston, 106 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (215) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Crockett trades workers with the towns around it
Crockett has about as many jobs (2,383) as working residents (2,326), but they are mostly different people: 1,717 residents leave for work each day while 1,774 people come in. Only 26% of the jobs in Crockett are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
44% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Crockett workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Crockett workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Crockett’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Crockett
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Crockett’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crockett could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Crockett
About 44% 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.
Who works in Crockett, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,717 residents head out to work, 609 work right here, and 1,774 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Crockett
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crockett workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,224 commuters (the 3% 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.
The 2,383 jobs based in Crockett
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crockett, 2013 → 2023: 2,820 → 2,383. 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 Crockett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
9% of working residents work in Houston
Where Crockett clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Few in Crockett walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,285 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). 17.9% of Crockett households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crockett’s commuters take a bus or train.
Crockett next to U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,600
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,356 | Camilla GA | 4,988 | $38K | 38.0% | 10.9% | 34% | D− |
| 3,357 | Baxley GA | 5,058 | $30K | 32.2% | 9.0% | 29% | D− |
| 3,358 | Crockett TX | 6,346 | $39K | 22.1% | 8.3% | 26% | D− |
| 3,359 | Warren AR | 5,146 | $37K | 22.1% | 8.4% | 37% | D− |
| 3,360 | Williamston NC | 5,086 | $39K | 36.3% | 9.8% | 22% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,396 | 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 Crockett, 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 Crockett: questions
What is the median household income in Crockett?
$38,869 (±$8,748) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crockett?
22.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crockett?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crockett work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (9%, 106 mi), Huntsville (6%, 43 mi), Lufkin (4%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crockett walkable?
Crockett is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crockett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crockett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crockett
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.