About Crane Hill

Crane Hill is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,519 people and just one neighborhood, Crane Hill is the 213rd largest community in Alabama.

Unlike some towns , Crane Hill isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Crane Hill are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Crane Hill is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crane Hill who work in sales jobs (14.43%), office and administrative support jobs (12.58%), and farm management (7.80%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Crane Hill work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.28% 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.

Crane Hill is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town's population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.

One downside of living in Crane Hill is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Crane Hill, the average commute to work is 43.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Crane Hill is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Crane Hill isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 99.08% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small town, Crane Hill doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Crane Hill Information and Demographics

The citizens of Crane Hill are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.95% of adults in Crane Hill have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Crane Hill in 2000 was $19,684, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $78,736 for a family of four.

The people who call Crane Hill home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Crane Hill is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Crane Hill include Irish, English, and German.

The most common language spoken in Crane Hill is English.