CrockerWA
A town of 1,254.
Is Crocker a good place to live?
Crocker’s best subject grades are an A− for incomes and an A+ for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. Crocker’s average trip to work is 54 minutes, above both the Washington town median (27 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 31 of Washington’s 396 towns score lower on walkability. 33% of the land in Crocker is conserved, above both the Washington town median (4%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). On the outdoors, just 4 of Washington’s 397 towns do better. Crocker has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Crocker stand out
Where Crocker beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Crocker has grown 14% from 2010 to 2020
1,268 counted in 2010 and 1,450 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Crocker grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Crocker is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 110 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crocker. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
9 mi National ParkMount Rainier National Park1.6M visitors a year
36 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
17 mi Stadium & arenaTacoma DomePhoto credits
Space Needle: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lumen Field: "Smart Destinations", GoSeattleCard.com, and Go Seattle Card Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Climate Pledge Arena: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Rainier National Park: Ricardo Martins from Gent, Belgium, CC BY 2.0 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tacoma Dome: Broran28, Public domain
Moving to Crocker: who provides what
Crocker is unincorporated, so Pierce County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Crocker.
Very high risk in Crocker, with avalanches at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 88% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Crocker has set aside nearly a third of its land for conservation
11 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Crocker is 1.6 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most of Crocker’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Crocker for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Crocker has added 66 jobs, to 206 in 2023. The top destinations are Seattle (12%), Tacoma (7%) and Kent (6%).
| Crocker | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 4.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Crocker ranks healthier than 71% of the country’s towns
Crocker beats the Washington average on 2 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Crocker.
| Crocker | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 71% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Crocker | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.7% | 10.2% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 71.3% | 66.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.6% | 9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Crocker has mild winters and pleasant summers
Crocker has mild winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Crocker’s July high is 77°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of households own their home in Crocker than in most of Washington or the rest of the country
98% of Crocker households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Crocker
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Crocker; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Crocker residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
1,254 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Questions about Crocker
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Crocker, WA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $419,000, 29% below the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.