City · Divide County, North Dakota

Crosby, North Dakota

Crosby is a city in Divide County, North Dakota. It has 1,065 residents. Crosby, North Dakota has a quality-of-life score of 83 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,615 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within North Dakota it ranks #40 of 56 cities and towns. It ranks best on traffic deaths (low), poverty rate (low) and average commute time (low). It ranks worst on distance to an airport (high), dentists (low) and flu vaccinations (low).

83Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,615 of 15,651 cities and towns
North Dakota: #40 of 56 in ND
Population: 1,065 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 755.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 3816940

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety100#2/15,637
Economy74#4,080/15,631
Housing96#625/14,977
Health53#7,291/15,609
Healthcare31#10,763/15,650
Environment96#566/15,453
Education37#9,899/15,649
Infrastructure41#9,312/15,650
Community95#719/15,651
Leisure & amenities77#3,631/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Crosby, North Dakota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Divide County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Traffic deaths · low0.0 /100k
100/100North Dakota 12.6 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataDivide County value
Poverty rate · low0.0%
100/100North Dakota 10.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Average commute time · low8.6 min
100/100North Dakota 17.9 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Grocery stores · high9.5 /10k
100/100North Dakota 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDivide County value
Restaurants and bars · high37.9 /10k
100/100North Dakota 12.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDivide County value
Distance to an emergency room · low1.7 mi
100/100North Dakota 7.7 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDivide County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high323 mi
0/100North Dakota 136 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauDivide County value
Dentists · low0 /100k
0/100North Dakota 70 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDivide County value
Flu vaccinations · low26.0%
3/100North Dakota 45.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDivide County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100North Dakota 3.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyDivide County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100North Dakota 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDivide County value
Suicide rate · high27.3 /100k
6/100North Dakota 19.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataDivide County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,138 (2015-2019) → 1,065 (2020-2024)
−6.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
45.8% (2015-2019) → 88.7% (2020-2024)
+43 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
22.0% (2015-2019) → 12.3% (2020-2024)
−9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$58,250 (2015-2019) → $82,500 (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
7.9% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
22.0% (2015-2019) → 14.3% (2020-2024)
−7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Crosby, North Dakota improved on 4 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Broadband+43 points45.8% → 88.7%
Inequality−0.0910.471 → 0.379
Poverty−7.9 points7.9% → 0.0%
Rent / income−7.7 points22.0% → 14.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Crosby, North Dakota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	10.8 min2015-2019	8.6 min2020-2024	−2.2 min	Within the margin of error	73%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%2015-2019	11.0%2020-2024	−6.4 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Broadband subscriptions	45.8%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+43 points	Improved	100%
Effective property tax rate	0.73%2015-2019	1.06%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	1%
High school diploma or higher	88.6%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	1.4×2020-2024	−0.6×	Within the margin of error	94%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4712015-2019	0.3792020-2024	−0.091	Improved	94%
Median household income	$58,2502015-2019	$82,5002020-2024	+42%	Within the margin of error	76%
Poverty rate	7.9%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	−7.9 points	Improved	89%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.0%2015-2019	14.3%2020-2024	−7.7 points	Improved	90%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.9%2015-2019	17.5%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	9%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Crosby, North Dakota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Crosby, North Dakota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Crosby, North Dakota itself moved +6 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,065 residents (±132)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

504 households (±66)

Crosby, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $25k11%†53
$25k–50k12%†62
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

504 households (±66)

Crosby, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Own70%351
Rent30%†153

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

510 workers (±99)

Crosby, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Drive alone83%423
Carpool7.8%†40
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Divide County, the county holding most of Crosby's residents.

Divide County has 82 employer establishments, 382 for every 10,000 residents (1.54× the US rate of 248; 1.18× North Dakota's), with 472 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,737. The Census Bureau also counts 205 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 82; 205 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 382; US 248 · North Dakota 323
Paid employees: 472
Average annual pay: $61,737; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Divide County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	9	41.9	8.29×Too few to compare	35	$86,086	10
Insurance agencies and brokerages	7	32.6	7.43×Too few to compare	11	$60,545	—
Specialty trade contractors	6	28	1.81×Too few to compare	14	$60,357	14
Restaurants and other eating places	5	23.3	1.27×Too few to compare	45	$10,133	—
Banks and credit unions	4	18.6	5.77×Too few to compare	24	$63,250	—
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	4	18.6	15.4×Too few to compare	12	$18,333	—
Full-service restaurants	4	18.6	2.43×Too few to compare	38	$11,026	—
Other specialty trade contractors	4	18.6	7.43×Too few to compare	8	$71,875	9
Religious organizations	4	18.6	3.36×Too few to compare	7	$9,286	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	3	14	5.26×Too few to compare	6	$23,333	—
Other amusement and recreation industries	3	14	5.77×Too few to compare	6	$23,333	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	3

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,146 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Crosby is mostly in Divide County.

See federal money in Divide County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Crosby, North Dakota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Julie FedorchakR-ND · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 2.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Divide County96100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Divide County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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