Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Work and commuting in Crosby
For jobs and income Crosby is better than 56% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+). About one in three work in Crosby; the top destination outside it is Williston (9%, 53 miles). The average commute takes 9 minutes each way; North Dakota averages 18, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Crosby: the figures worth knowing
Crosby’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Crosby is Williston, 53 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (34) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Crosby than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Crosby fell from 711 in 2013 to 409 in 2023, −42%. 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
34% 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 ↓
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 383 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Crosby gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Crosby’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.3%) 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 C+ to B.
Half of Crosby commutes less than 15 miles
About 34% 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.
The 409 jobs based in Crosby
409 jobs are based in Crosby.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crosby, 2013 → 2023: 711 → 409. 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.
Who works in Crosby, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 252 residents head out to work, 131 work right here, and 278 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 (1.07 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.
The towns that employ Crosby’s residents
Where Crosby clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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 9 minutes each way, quicker than most of North Dakota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crosby workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 491 commuters (the 4% 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.
Getting around Crosby: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.2% across North Dakota, on an EPA index of 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 510 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). 7.1% of Crosby households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crosby’s commuters take a bus or train.
864th of 3,133: where Crosby ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Reed Township ND | 1,151 | $131K | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Williston Township ND | 1,116 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Sundre Township ND | 1,024 | $107K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 862 | Scandia Valley Township MN | 1,346 | $82K | 3.2% | 0.8% | 5% | B |
| 863 | Warrensburg IL | 1,068 | $82K | 8.1% | 5.6% | 2% | B |
| 864 | Crosby ND | 1,027 | $83K | 0.0% | 2.3% | 34% | B |
| 865 | Ettrick WI | 1,307 | $86K | 6.2% | 1.1% | 1% | B |
| 866 | Bloomfield WI | 1,073 | $83K | 3.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 North Dakota.
The towns around Crosby
The biggest share goes to Fillmore Township (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crosby workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosby | – | B | B+ | 9 min | $82,500 |
| Fillmore Township | 5% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fillmore 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?
$82,500 (±$15,882) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crosby?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crosby?
9 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crosby work?
34% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williston (9%, 53 mi), Tioga (6%, 40 mi), Fillmore Township (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crosby walkable?
Crosby is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crosby without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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.