Crowley is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 19,478 people and five associated neighborhoods, Crowley is the 158th largest community in Texas. Crowley has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Crowley, where the median household income is $88,333.00.
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.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.20% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 31.64 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The population of Crowley overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Crowley, 24.47% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Crowley in 2022 was $31,935, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,740 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 32.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Crowley include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Crowley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.