Most of Crowley commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Crowley A; getting around on foot earns it C. 5,228 jobs are based in Crowley, against 9,972 working residents. Only 4% work in Crowley itself; outside it, Fort Worth draws the most (34%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Crowley, in brief
Crowley and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Crowley residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Crowley come from (35% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Crowley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Crowley has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Crowley went from 3,874 in 2013 to 5,228 in 2023, +35%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Crowley earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crowley is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #111 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crowley could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where Crowley’s working residents head each day
Where Crowley clocks in
34% 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.
Getting to work from Crowley takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crowley workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,961 commuters (the 14% 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.
What Crowley’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crowley, 2013 → 2023: 3,874 → 5,228. 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 Crowley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Crowley
On a workday 9,578 residents head out to work, 394 work right here, and 4,834 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Crowley on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Crowley
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.
In Crowley, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crowley is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #450 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 10,414 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). 2.8% of Crowley households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crowley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Crowley places 395th of 1,705 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 15,000 to 28,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 13 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Bellaire TX | 17,434 | $244K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 393 | Jefferson GA | 17,185 | $110K | 5.6% | 2.6% | 15% | A |
| 394 | Knightdale NC | 23,144 | $103K | 5.3% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| 395 | Crowley TX | 20,954 | $95K | 5.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A |
| 396 | Fort Thomas KY | 17,142 | $104K | 6.1% | 3.5% | 8% | A |
| 397 | Youngsville LA | 19,980 | $106K | 9.1% | 1.2% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,705 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Crowley, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work next door: 39% of Crowley’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crowley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowley | – | A | C | 34 min | $95,030 |
| Burleson | 5% | A− | C+ | 31 min | $93,928 |
| Fort Worth | 34% | B | B+ | 27 min | $79,507 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Worth. Darker towns draw more of Crowley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Crowley: questions
What is the median household income in Crowley?
$95,030 (±$3,928) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crowley?
5.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crowley?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crowley work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (34%, 14 mi), Dallas (9%, 38 mi), Arlington (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crowley walkable?
Crowley is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crowley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crowley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crowley
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.