Most of Crocker commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Crocker has 206 jobs for 613 working residents. Jobs and income earn Crocker A−; getting around on foot earns it D. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Crocker apart
Crocker workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 54 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 414 hours of commuting, 207 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Crocker’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Crocker is Seattle, 38 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (73) 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; with 613 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Crocker
On income, poverty and job access, Crocker is better than 78% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($109,695, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Crocker’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Crocker could be anywhere from C− to A.
From Crocker, about 54 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crocker workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 491 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Crocker
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.
A workday in Crocker: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 607 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 200 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Crocker on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
12% of working residents work in Seattle
Where Crocker clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 90% of Crocker’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crocker, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 206. 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 Crocker’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Crocker, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crocker is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 549 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). 5.6% of Crocker households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crocker’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Crocker is 551st among 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Yarrow Point WA | 1,143 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 0% | A+ |
| 21 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 549 | Highland Township PA | 1,020 | $109K | 3.5% | 0.8% | <1% | A− |
| 550 | Woodlawn NC | 1,085 | $73K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 551 | Crocker WA | 1,254 | $110K | 6.5% | 1.4% | 1% | A− |
| 552 | Kirkland IL | 1,632 | $94K | 6.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A− |
| 553 | South Amherst OH | 1,488 | $86K | 6.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Crocker, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Work in the towns next to Crocker
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Crocker’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 Crocker: questions
What is the median household income in Crocker?
$109,695 (±$60,677) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crocker?
6.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crocker?
54 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crocker work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (12%, 38 mi), Tacoma (7%, 19 mi), Kent (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crocker walkable?
Crocker is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crocker without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crocker, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crocker
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.