Photo: afiler from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Cavalier draws more than half of Crystal Township’s working residents
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole. Only 3% stay in Crystal Township for work; outside it, Cavalier is the main destination (53%, 15 miles). Working residents average 24 minutes each way, where North Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Crystal Township by day and by night
On a workday 31 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 51 people are in Crystal Township on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.25 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.
Where Crystal Township goes to work
Where Crystal Township clocks in
53% of workers
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 75% of the jobs in Crystal Township
8 jobs are based in Crystal Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crystal Township, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 8. 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 Crystal Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Crystal Township: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crystal Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 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.
The commute from Crystal Township, by distance
About 16% 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.
How Crystal Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Crystal (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crystal Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $115,583 |
| Crystal | 6% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Gardar Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Elora Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Dundee Township | under 4% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Park Township | under 4% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Crystal, Gardar Township, Elora Township, Dundee Township and Park Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crystal Township’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 Crystal Township: questions
What is the median household income in Crystal Township?
$115,583 (±$19,662) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crystal Township?
6.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crystal Township?
24 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 Crystal Township work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Crystal Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crystal Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crystal Township
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.