Work & commute · Shelby

Work & commute in Shelby, MN

Most working residents leave Shelby for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (26%), North Mankato (11%) and Mapleton (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 113 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 107 Shelby residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shelby.

107live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shelby goes to work

Mankato22.1 mi away

26%29

North Mankato21.6 mi away

11%12

Mapleton11.5 mi away

5%6

Shelby (in town)right here

5%6

Lake Crystal15.3 mi away

4%5

St. Paul90.6 mi away

4%5

South Bend18.1 mi away

4%4

Blue Earth17.4 mi away

3%3

St. Peter32.4 mi away

3%3

New Ulm32.7 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%37

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.

60%

12%

20%

8%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shelby is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shelby are

110 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

110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Shelby residents hold

113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+64%

Jobs based in Shelby, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 110. 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.