Photo: Lothar1976 · Public domainHousehold incomes in Crosbyton are lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
For 2% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%. 26.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.8% across Texas. The two grades for Crosbyton are D− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Crosbyton
29% of Crosbyton works in Lubbock
183 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Lubbock, 38 miles away. That’s more than work in Crosbyton itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 ↓
Fewer than half of Crosbyton workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Crosbyton’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; with 640 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Crosbyton’s Jobs & income grade comes from
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Crosbyton’s grade.
Unemployment (4.6%) is left out: Crosbyton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Crosbyton stays D−.
29% of working residents work in Lubbock
Where Crosbyton clocks in
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.
Where in the region Crosbyton works
About 30% 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.
What the 268 jobs in Crosbyton are
268 jobs are based in Crosbyton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crosbyton, 2013 → 2023: 298 → 268. 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 Crosbyton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Crosbyton by day
On a workday 513 residents head out to work, 127 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Crosbyton on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.42 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 Crosbyton: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crosbyton workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 565 commuters (the 2% 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.
Most trips from Crosbyton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crosbyton is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% 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 577 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). 4.5% of Crosbyton households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crosbyton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Crosbyton and other U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 31 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,678 | Hooker OK | 1,706 | $49K | 28.4% | 6.3% | 19% | D− |
| 5,679 | Erin TN | 1,207 | $36K | 21.9% | 6.9% | 15% | D− |
| 5,680 | Crosbyton TX | 1,407 | $39K | 26.9% | 4.6% | 20% | D− |
| 5,681 | Royal City WA | 1,896 | $50K | 35.8% | 18.0% | 16% | D− |
| 5,682 | Sylvan Township MI | 1,012 | $44K | 20.5% | 3.8% | 1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Crosbyton, 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 Crosbyton: questions
What is the median household income in Crosbyton?
$38,684 (±$9,575) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crosbyton?
26.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crosbyton?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crosbyton work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lubbock (29%, 38 mi), Ralls (6%, 9 mi), Amarillo (4%, 113 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crosbyton walkable?
Crosbyton is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crosbyton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crosbyton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crosbyton
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.