Work & commute · Crane

Work & commute in Crane, TX

Most working residents leave Crane for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Odessa (16%), Midland (10%) and West Odessa (3%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

189 of 1,642 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,453 Crane residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 231 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crane.

1,453live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

231work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crane goes to work

Odessa33.8 mi away

16%269

Crane (in town)right here

12%189

Midland45.9 mi away

10%167

West Odessa32.1 mi away

3%42

McCamey19.5 mi away

2%37

Lubbock152.3 mi away

2%35

Andrews65.3 mi away

2%32

Houston428.6 mi away

2%32

San Angelo112.1 mi away

1%23

Monahans47.4 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%802

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Crane commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

23%

45%

28%

23%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crane is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Crane are

420 jobs are based in Crane. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crane’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crane

420 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Crane residents hold

1,642 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−36%

Jobs based in Crane, 2013 → 2023: 656 → 420. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.