Work & commute · Crystal

Work & commute in Crystal, MN

Most working residents leave Crystal for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (19%), Plymouth (7%) and St. Paul (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

282 of 11,958 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,676 Crystal residents head out of town to work, 282 work right here, and 3,144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crystal.

11,676live here, work elsewhere

282live and work here

3,144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crystal goes to work

Minneapolis6.8 mi away

19%2,216

Plymouth5.2 mi away

7%824

St. Paul13.9 mi away

5%619

Golden Valley3.3 mi away

5%571

St. Louis Park6.1 mi away

5%540

Maple Grove7.4 mi away

4%475

Bloomington14.5 mi away

4%474

Minnetonka8.7 mi away

4%470

Eden Prairie13.8 mi away

4%456

Brooklyn Park5.1 mi away

4%444

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%4,869

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

How far

How far Crystal commutes

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

65%

30%

65%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crystal is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crystal are

3,426 jobs are based in Crystal. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crystal’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crystal

3,426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Crystal residents hold

11,958 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−3%

Jobs based in Crystal, 2013 → 2023: 3,531 → 3,426. 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.