Work & commute · Crookston

Work & commute in Crookston, MN

59% of Crookston’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (8%), Fargo (3%) and Thief River Falls (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59%

1,724 of 2,945 working residents

Typical commute

2 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 1,221 Crookston residents head out of town to work, 1,724 work right here, and 2,454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crookston.

1,221live here, work elsewhere

1,724live and work here

2,454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crookston goes to work

Crookston (in town)right here

59%1,724

Grand Forks, ND24.4 mi away

8%238

Fargo, ND63.7 mi away

3%87

Thief River Falls30.6 mi away

3%77

East Grand Forks21.7 mi away

2%70

Crookston4.4 mi away

2%54

Medina238.2 mi away

2%45

Moorhead63.2 mi away

1%28

Bemidji82.7 mi away

1%20

Fertile22.6 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%584

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.

62%

13%

19%

62%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crookston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Crookston are

4,178 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

4,178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Crookston residents hold

2,945 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−13%

Jobs based in Crookston, 2013 → 2023: 4,815 → 4,178. 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.