Work & commute · Crookston

Work & commute in Crookston, MN

Most working residents leave Crookston for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Crookston (42%), Grand Forks (14%) and Fargo (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 183 Crookston residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crookston.

183live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crookston goes to work

Crookston4.4 mi away

42%77

Grand Forks, ND26.5 mi away

14%25

Fargo, ND67.3 mi away

9%17

Medina238.6 mi away

3%5

Fisher12.3 mi away

2%4

East Grand Forks23.4 mi away

2%4

Fisher12.5 mi away

2%4

Thief River Falls26.2 mi away

2%3

Eagan262.5 mi away

2%3

Fertile23.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%41

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

How far

How far Crookston commutes

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

45%

11%

18%

25%

45%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crookston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Crookston are

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

Jobs based in Crookston

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Crookston residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+80%

Jobs based in Crookston, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 160. 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.