CrockerWA
1,254 residents make their home in this town in Washington.
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.
Crocker has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from avalanches
For Crocker, the FEMA risk score is 88 of 100. Expected losses in Crocker break down as 70% from avalanches and 16% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Crocker has set aside nearly a third of its land for conservation
11 miles of trail. For Crocker, the trail density is 1.6 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With only 0.3 jobs per working resident, most people in Crocker work out of town
Since 2013, Crocker has added 66 jobs, to 206 in 2023. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 1% of working residents work locally. 6.5% of residents live below the poverty line in the town. Half the trips to work are shorter than 22 miles.
| 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
CDC measures, 31 in all: Crocker beats Washington on 2 and trails on 8. Among adults in the town, 28% have been diagnosed with depression. Two figures for adults in the town: 71% had a checkup this year, 17% get no exercise outside work.
| 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
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
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−.