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.

Crane Hill is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 8.28% 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.

Crane Hill is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.

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 a very car-oriented town. 99.08% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Crane Hill is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Crane Hill has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

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 percentage of adults in Crane Hill with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 14.96% for all communities. 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.