Work & commute · Crow River

Work & commute in Crow River, MN

Most working residents leave Crow River for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Belgrade (12%), St. Cloud (9%) and Brooten (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

12 of 113 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 101 Crow River residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crow River.

101live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crow River goes to work

Belgrade3 mi away

12%14

Crow River (in town)right here

11%12

St. Cloud37.4 mi away

9%10

Brooten9.2 mi away

4%5

Willmar23.9 mi away

4%4

Paynesville11.8 mi away

3%3

Sauk Centre19.4 mi away

3%3

Minneapolis88.1 mi away

3%3

Crow Lake6.9 mi away

3%3

Paynesville13.5 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%53

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

How far

How far Crow River commutes

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

30%

28%

20%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crow River is a job hub

4.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Crow River are

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

Jobs based in Crow River

540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities98%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month93%

Jobs Crow River residents hold

113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+60%

Jobs based in Crow River, 2013 → 2023: 337 → 540. 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.