Work & commute · Crosby

Work & commute in Crosby, MN

Most working residents leave Crosby for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (13%), Baxter (6%) and Aitkin (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

107 of 821 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 714 Crosby residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 564 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crosby.

714live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

564work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crosby goes to work

Brainerd15.4 mi away

13%108

Crosby (in town)right here

13%107

Baxter18.8 mi away

6%49

Aitkin11.7 mi away

5%45

Minneapolis110.6 mi away

4%30

Deerwood2.9 mi away

3%28

Crosslake14.8 mi away

3%25

Ironton2.8 mi away

3%21

Lake Edward12.6 mi away

2%15

St. Paul114.2 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%379

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

How far

How far Crosby commutes

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

23%

38%

36%

23%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crosby is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Crosby are

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

Jobs based in Crosby

671 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Crosby residents hold

821 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−64%

Jobs based in Crosby, 2013 → 2023: 1,881 → 671. 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.