Work & commute · Crate

Work & commute in Crate, MN

Most working residents leave Crate for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Clara City (26%), Willmar (25%) and Montevideo (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 87 Crate residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crate.

87live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crate goes to work

Clara City4.9 mi away

26%23

Willmar19.2 mi away

25%22

Montevideo15 mi away

6%5

Prinsburg12.9 mi away

3%3

Olivia26.6 mi away

2%2

Granite Falls15.6 mi away

2%2

Marshall43.2 mi away

2%2

Mankato92.1 mi away

2%2

Leenthrop8.6 mi away

2%2

Lamberton54.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%23

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Crate commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

43%

20%

31%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crate is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Crate are

11 jobs are based in Crate. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crate’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crate

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Crate residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−69%

Jobs based in Crate, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 11. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.