Work & commute · Shafer

Work & commute in Shafer, MN

Most working residents leave Shafer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Forest Lake (6%), Minneapolis (5%) and Osceola (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 577 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 572 Shafer residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shafer.

572live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shafer goes to work

Forest Lake14 mi away

6%33

Minneapolis38.5 mi away

5%31

Osceola, WI5.8 mi away

4%23

St. Paul34.8 mi away

4%22

St. Croix Falls, WI6.7 mi away

4%22

North Branch12.7 mi away

4%21

Lindstrom4.5 mi away

3%20

Chisago City7.7 mi away

3%18

Edina45.2 mi away

3%17

Blaine26.5 mi away

3%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%355

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.

22%

24%

45%

22%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shafer is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shafer are

120 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

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Shafer residents hold

577 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+10%

Jobs based in Shafer, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 120. 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.