More people are out of work in Crosby (9.9%) than in 94% of U.S. towns
For 5% of workers, the job is at home (Texas 14%). Crosby grades C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Crosby is behind 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Crosby, in a few figures
39% of Crosby works in Houston
586 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Houston, 22 miles away. That’s 20 times as many as work in Crosby itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Crosby
65% of Crosby residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Crosby pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Crosby pay little
27% of the jobs based in Crosby pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 37% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
Inside Crosby’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crosby is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #492 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Crosby’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (36.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crosby could be anywhere from D to B+.
39% of working residents work in Houston
Where Crosby clocks in
39% 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.
Crosby is a services town
511 jobs are based in Crosby.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crosby, 2013 → 2023: 592 → 511. 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 Crosby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Crosby by day
On a workday 1,489 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 486 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Crosby on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.34 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.
Time on the road from Crosby: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crosby workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,737 commuters (the 5% 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.
Crosby’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Crosby
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crosby is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #39 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 7.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,826 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 14.1% of Crosby households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crosby’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,105th of 3,938: where Crosby ranks among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 7 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,103 | Tazewell VA | 4,291 | $35K | 25.1% | 1.4% | 26% | C− |
| 3,104 | Lafayette Township OH | 4,336 | $54K | 28.6% | 2.6% | 9% | C− |
| 3,105 | Crosby TX | 4,617 | $59K | 36.8% | 9.9% | 2% | C− |
| 3,106 | Port St. Joe FL | 3,995 | $56K | 9.8% | 4.3% | 33% | C− |
| 3,107 | Green Level NC | 3,409 | $56K | 19.0% | 6.6% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Crosby, 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 Crosby: questions
What is the median household income in Crosby?
$59,241 (±$20,982) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crosby?
36.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crosby?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crosby work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (39%, 22 mi), Baytown (4%, 12 mi), Pasadena (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crosby walkable?
Crosby is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crosby without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crosby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crosby
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.