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Work & commute · Shafer

Work & commute in Shafer, MN

Most working residents leave Shafer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chisago City (6%), St. Croix Falls (5%) and Lindstrom (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
5 of 553 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
37 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 548 Shafer residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shafer.

548live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
53work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Shafer goes to work

Center CityShaferBayportLindstromTaylors FallsChisago CityEdinaCoon RapidsWyomingNorth BranchForest LakeOtsegoSt. PaulMinneapolisOsceolaSt. Croix FallsChisago LakeFranconiaShaferAmadorOsceolaSt. Croix FallsChisago CitySt. Croix FallsLindstromForest LakeMinneapolisSt. PaulEdinaOsceolaWyomingNorth BranchShafer
1
Chisago City10.5 mi away
6%31
2
St. Croix Falls, WI4.5 mi away
5%25
3
Lindstrom7.2 mi away
4%23
4
Forest Lake17.4 mi away
4%23
5
Minneapolis42.1 mi away
4%23
6
St. Paul38.3 mi away
4%22
7
Edina48.8 mi away
4%21
8
Osceola, WI7.7 mi away
3%17
9
Wyoming13.8 mi away
3%16
10
North Branch12.9 mi away
3%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
61%337

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

How far

How far Shafer commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
42%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Shafer is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shafer are

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

Jobs based in Shafer

58 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)62%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)12%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Shafer residents hold

553 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month64%
+14%

Jobs based in Shafer, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 58. 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.

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