Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Earning a living in Crary
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 8% across North Dakota. Only 2% work in Crary itself; outside it, Devils Lake draws the most (36%, 12 miles). Commuters spend 38 minutes getting to work on average; the North Dakota average is 18, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Crary quiets down on a workday
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 91 people are in Crary on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Crary’s residents
Where Crary clocks in
36% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
78% of the jobs in Crary pay over $3,333 a month
32 jobs are based in Crary.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crary, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 32. 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 Crary’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 38 minutes each way for Crary’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crary workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 65 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Crary works
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.
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 Crary: questions
What is the poverty rate in Crary?
15.8%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crary?
38 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crary work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Devils Lake (36%, 12 mi), Fargo (6%, 119 mi), Lakota (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crary without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crary, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crary
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.