Work & commute · Shell River

Work & commute in Shell River, MN

Most working residents leave Shell River for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Menahga (21%), Park Rapids (16%) and Wadena (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 113 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 113 Shell River residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shell River.

113live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shell River goes to work

Menahga6.1 mi away

21%24

Park Rapids10.9 mi away

16%18

Wadena23.3 mi away

5%6

Staples28.4 mi away

4%5

Perham30.8 mi away

4%4

Alexandria64.5 mi away

4%4

Red Eye8.2 mi away

3%3

Henrietta11.3 mi away

3%3

Ottertail36.6 mi away

2%2

St. Cloud94.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%42

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

How far

How far Shell River commutes

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

32%

21%

26%

32%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shell River is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shell River are

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

Jobs based in Shell River

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Shell River residents hold

113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−90%

Jobs based in Shell River, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 1. 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.