Work & commute · Shellsburg

Work & commute in Shellsburg, IA

Most working residents leave Shellsburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (40%), Vinton (6%) and Hiawatha (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 465 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 455 Shellsburg residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shellsburg.

455live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shellsburg goes to work

Cedar Rapids13.3 mi away

40%185

Vinton9.3 mi away

6%27

Hiawatha9.7 mi away

4%18

Waterloo36.9 mi away

4%18

Marion15 mi away

4%17

Des Moines96.5 mi away

3%13

Shellsburg (in town)right here

2%10

Iowa City34.9 mi away

2%7

West Des Moines105.2 mi away

2%7

Davenport75 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%156

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Shellsburg commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

16%

52%

12%

20%

16%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shellsburg is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Shellsburg are

111 jobs are based in Shellsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shellsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shellsburg

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Shellsburg residents hold

465 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Shellsburg, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 111. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.