Most of Lowry Crossing commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns. There are 182 jobs in Lowry Crossing, and 1,410 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Lowry Crossing are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lowry Crossing and work: the main findings
Lowry Crossing is a place people come home to
There are 182 jobs based in Lowry Crossing, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lowry Crossing has about 1,300 people in it, 49% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lowry Crossing’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lowry Crossing is Dallas, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (232) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Lowry Crossing
On income, poverty and job access, Lowry Crossing is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #50 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (6.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.8%) is left out: Lowry Crossing’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lowry Crossing could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How many people are in Lowry Crossing by day
On a workday 1,404 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Lowry Crossing on a workday afternoon, 49% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Lowry Crossing
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.
16% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Lowry Crossing clocks in
12% 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.
Goods jobs make up 31% of work in Lowry Crossing
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lowry Crossing, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 182. 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 Lowry Crossing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Lowry Crossing
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lowry Crossing workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 640 commuters (the 17% 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.
Driving is how Lowry Crossing gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lowry Crossing is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #525 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 775 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). 0.6% of Lowry Crossing households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lowry Crossing’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lowry Crossing places 191st of 4,868 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 189 | Exeter WI | 2,209 | $115K | 3.2% | 1.3% | 1% | A |
| 190 | Coronita CA | 2,763 | $112K | 3.5% | 0.7% | <1% | A |
| 191 | Lowry Crossing TX | 2,521 | $117K | 6.0% | 3.8% | <1% | A |
| 192 | Derwood MD | 1,984 | $118K | 7.0% | 14.6% | 1% | A |
| 193 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | 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 Lowry Crossing, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 17% of Lowry Crossing
The biggest share goes to McKinney (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lowry Crossing workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowry Crossing | – | A | C− | 31 min | $116,875 |
| McKinney | 12% | A | B | 28 min | $124,215 |
| Princeton | 5% | A | B− | 32 min | $105,200 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lowry Crossing’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 Lowry Crossing: questions
What is the median household income in Lowry Crossing?
$116,875 (±$21,199) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lowry Crossing?
6.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lowry Crossing?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lowry Crossing work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (16%, 29 mi), Plano (16%, 14 mi), McKinney (12%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lowry Crossing walkable?
Lowry Crossing is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lowry Crossing without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lowry Crossing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lowry Crossing
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.