Work & commute · Crystal

Work & commute in Crystal, ND

Most working residents leave Crystal for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cavalier (29%), Grand Forks (11%) and Grafton (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 54 Crystal residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crystal.

54live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crystal goes to work

Cavalier13.7 mi away

29%16

Grand Forks54 mi away

11%6

Grafton17.5 mi away

7%4

Pembina31.9 mi away

5%3

Minot167.4 mi away

5%3

Fargo126 mi away

5%3

Cavalier17 mi away

5%3

Crystal (in town)right here

4%2

Drayton22.5 mi away

4%2

Bismarck189.6 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%12

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.

52%

34%

5%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crystal is a job hub

2.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crystal are

114 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

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Crystal residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−37%

Jobs based in Crystal, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 114. 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.