Crosby is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,417 people and six associated neighborhoods, Crosby is the 485th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Crosby was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Crosby economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Crosby, where the median household income is $59,241.00.Crosby is a blue-collar town, with 36.42% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Crosby is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crosby who work in office and administrative support (16.87%), management occupations (9.31%), and food service (8.54%). Also of interest is that Crosby has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In Crosby, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.42 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, Crosby does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Crosby with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.93% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Crosby in 2022 was $24,518, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,072 for a family of four. However, Crosby contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Crosby also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.78% of its population below the federal poverty line.Crosby is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Crosby home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Crosby, accounting for 47.52% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Crosby residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Crosby include French, Irish, Polish, German, and English. The most common language spoken in Crosby is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
