Work & commute · Shamrock

Work & commute in Shamrock, MN

Most working residents leave Shamrock for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are McGregor (16%), Aitkin (7%) and Duluth (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

76 of 543 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 467 Shamrock residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shamrock.

467live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shamrock goes to work

McGregor8.3 mi away

16%85

Shamrock (in town)right here

14%76

Aitkin24.9 mi away

7%37

Duluth53.9 mi away

4%22

Brainerd51.1 mi away

3%14

McGregor6 mi away

3%14

Cloquet36.5 mi away

2%13

Grand Rapids37.3 mi away

2%11

Tamarack8.7 mi away

2%10

Jevne8.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%253

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

How far

How far Shamrock commutes

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

35%

10%

16%

39%

35%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shamrock is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shamrock are

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

Jobs based in Shamrock

344 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Shamrock residents hold

543 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+81%

Jobs based in Shamrock, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 344. 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.