Crystal has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
A typical one-way commute lasts 30 minutes, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Crystal report 18 jobs, and 107 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Crystal for work; outside it, Hayward is the main destination (11%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Crystal for work, and who comes in
On a workday 105 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Crystal on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
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 goes to work
Where Crystal clocks in
11% 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.
Crystal works in goods: 67% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crystal, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 18. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crystal workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 107 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Crystal
About 31% 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 towns around Crystal
The biggest share goes to Stone Lake (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crystal workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal | – | — | — | 30 min | $94,375 |
| Springbrook | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Madge | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Spooner | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Stone Lake | 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Trego | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Springbrook, Madge, Stone Lake and Trego: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Spooner: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crystal’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: questions
What is the median household income in Crystal?
$94,375 (±$16,777) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crystal?
5.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crystal?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crystal work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hayward (11%, 15 mi), Rice Lake (8%, 26 mi), Spooner (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crystal without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crystal, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crystal
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.