Work & commute · Shelley

Work & commute in Shelley, ID

Most working residents leave Shelley for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Idaho Falls (42%), Ammon (3%) and Pocatello (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

245 of 2,092 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,847 Shelley residents head out of town to work, 245 work right here, and 1,247 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shelley.

1,847live here, work elsewhere

245live and work here

1,247work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shelley goes to work

Idaho Falls8.8 mi away

42%869

Shelley (in town)right here

12%245

Ammon10.5 mi away

3%64

Pocatello39.1 mi away

3%63

Blackfoot17.1 mi away

3%55

Boise City206.5 mi away

2%52

Rexburg34.8 mi away

2%39

Twin Falls130.9 mi away

2%32

Chubbuck35.5 mi away

1%23

Coeur d'Alene374.5 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%633

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

How far

How far Shelley commutes

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

53%

24%

15%

53%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shelley is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shelley are

1,492 jobs are based in Shelley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shelley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shelley

1,492 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Shelley residents hold

2,092 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+32%

Jobs based in Shelley, 2013 → 2023: 1,134 → 1,492. 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.