Work & commute · Shelly

Work & commute in Shelly, MN

Most working residents leave Shelly for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (17%), Halstad (15%) and Ada (10%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 82 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 82 Shelly residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shelly.

82live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shelly goes to work

Fargo, ND41 mi away

17%14

Halstad7.4 mi away

15%12

Ada18 mi away

10%8

West Fargo, ND41.6 mi away

7%6

Moorhead41.2 mi away

5%4

Grand Forks, ND34.2 mi away

5%4

Hendrum13.4 mi away

4%3

Fertile25.6 mi away

2%2

Medina228.3 mi away

2%2

Eldorado, ND9.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%25

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

How far

How far Shelly commutes

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

18%

24%

45%

12%

18%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shelly is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shelly are

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

Jobs based in Shelly

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Shelly residents hold

82 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−40%

Jobs based in Shelly, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 6. 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.