Work & commute · Shelby

Work & commute in Shelby, IN

Most working residents leave Shelby for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (34%), Madison (8%) and Hanover (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 498 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 489 Shelby residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 283 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shelby.

489live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

283work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shelby goes to work

Madison9.5 mi away

34%168

Madison7.8 mi away

8%40

Hanover14.7 mi away

2%12

Center77.6 mi away

2%11

North Vernon21.1 mi away

2%9

Columbus41.4 mi away

2%9

Cincinnati, OH46 mi away

2%9

Shelby (in town)right here

2%8

Seymour32.8 mi away

1%5

Evansville136 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%222

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

How far

How far Shelby commutes

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

32%

28%

13%

28%

32%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shelby is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shelby are

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

Jobs based in Shelby

292 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities87%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs Shelby residents hold

498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+549%

Jobs based in Shelby, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 292. 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.