Photo: Myotus · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Crosby trail those of 95% of U.S. towns
6% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%). The poverty rate is 16.9% (Minnesota 9.3%). Crosby grades D for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Crosby: the figures worth knowing
Fewer jobs are based in Crosby than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Crosby fell from 1,881 in 2013 to 671 in 2023, −64%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Many jobs in Crosby pay little
29% of the jobs based in Crosby pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 821 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Crosby
The poverty rate holds Crosby’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($41,554, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Crosby’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Crosby could be anywhere from D− to D.
The kinds of work in Crosby
671 jobs are based in Crosby.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crosby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Crosby’s workers travel
About 36% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who works in Crosby, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 714 residents head out to work, 107 work right here, and 564 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Brainerd
Where Crosby clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 22 minutes each way, about the MN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crosby workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 747 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Crosby
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crosby is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 794 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.5% of Crosby households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crosby’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Crosby sits among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 18 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Empire MN | 3,063 | $148K | 1.9% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 36 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,889 | Rush Township OH | 2,801 | $56K | 19.3% | 8.7% | 4% | D |
| 4,890 | Superior AZ | 2,611 | $45K | 16.3% | 6.2% | 15% | D |
| 4,891 | Crosby MN | 2,330 | $42K | 16.9% | 5.3% | 13% | D |
| 4,892 | Bernie MO | 1,828 | $48K | 24.1% | 2.7% | 10% | D |
| 4,893 | Peebles OH | 1,777 | $63K | 24.2% | 14.4% | 8% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Crosby, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work in the towns next to Crosby
The biggest share goes to Ironton (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crosby workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosby | – | D | A− | 22 min | $41,554 |
| Irondale Township | under 2% | B− | C | 29 min | $86,591 |
| Ironton | 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Cuyuna | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Wolford Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ironton, Cuyuna and Wolford Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crosby’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Crosby: questions
What is the median household income in Crosby?
$41,554 (±$6,161) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crosby?
16.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crosby?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crosby work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brainerd (13%, 15 mi), Baxter (6%, 19 mi), Aitkin (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crosby walkable?
Crosby is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crosby without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crosby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crosby
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.