Photo: Weatherdude at English Wikipedia · Public domainMount Crawford has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Mount Crawford has 85 jobs, against 214 working residents. Hardly any stay in Mount Crawford for work; outside it, Harrisonburg is the main destination (23%, 6 miles). 10% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Mount Crawford
Mount Crawford and Harrisonburg trade workers both ways
Harrisonburg is the top workplace for Mount Crawford residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Mount Crawford come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Mount Crawford are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
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 214 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Mount Crawford to work: where people go
Where Mount Crawford clocks in
23% of workers
7% 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.
Getting to work from Mount Crawford takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Crawford workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 270 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In and out of Mount Crawford on a workday
On a workday 214 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Mount Crawford on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Mount Crawford makes things: 67% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Crawford, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 85. 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 Mount Crawford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Mount Crawford to work
About 23% 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 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 Mount Crawford: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Crawford?
$100,526 (±$17,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Crawford?
16.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Crawford?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Crawford work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisonburg (23%, 6 mi), Bridgewater (7%, 2 mi), Dayton (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Crawford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Crawford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Crawford
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.