Crowley is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 20,483 people and five associated neighborhoods, Crowley is the 158th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Crowley was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Crowley economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Crowley, where the median household income is $95,030.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Crowley is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Crowley is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crowley who work in office and administrative support (15.44%), management occupations (10.82%), and food service (6.75%). Also of interest is that Crowley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Crowley telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.95% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Crowley, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.27 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Crowley is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Crowley is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.94% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Crowley in 2022 was $39,449, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $157,796 for a family of four. However, Crowley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Crowley is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Crowley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crowley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Crowley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.14% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Crowley include English, Irish, German, Nigerian, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Crowley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
