One thing to keep in mind about the trend in most mainstream cyclocross bikes which is often overlooked in these threads... They have a high bottom bracket.

The high bottom bracket is detrimental to just about every aspect of bike handling, except for pedaling out of tough/muddy corners. This is not something most commuters will ever face, nor is it something you will come across on longer road rides/tours... It pretty much only applies to people who will actually race CX events. However what you will come across are times when that high BB affects your stability while handling. My nice-ish, racy TCX is amazing in every way. I love the fit. The steering feels both stable yet quick. I easily fit a rear rack on it. etc... But give me a fast descent and I definitely feel too high. Throw on the rear rack and a loaded up pannier and you feel it even more...

Touring bikes usually go the opposite way, with even lower bottom brackets than usual. And that can lead to surprisingly amazing handling. Give me a good unladen cyclocross bike with the same tires as an unladen touring bike (both of "average" geometries for their function) and I have no doubt the Touring bike will give me more confidence on rough single track, fast descents, mixed terrain, etc...

Luckily Gravel grinders don't generally have that issue, either, and have become quite popular, while having all the other standard benefits of a CX bike.

I love my bike so much, however, that I'm strongly contemplating throwing some 27.5" wheels on there with some 650x43 slicks for road/mixed riding. Which should bring that BB down to nearly road bike levels. And that opens up enough clearance to where I can easily fit a common 27.5x2" or so MTB tire for off roading if I wanted.