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. 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 $88,333.00.Crowley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Crowley is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crowley who work in office and administrative support (17.01%), management occupations (8.39%), and sales jobs (7.78%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.20% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. One downside of living in Crowley, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.64 minutes every day commuting to work. 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.
