Work & commute · Shetek

Work & commute in Shetek, MN

Most working residents leave Shetek for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Slayton (14%), Marshall (13%) and Tracy (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 128 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 128 Shetek residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shetek.

128live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shetek goes to work

Slayton12.3 mi away

14%18

Marshall22.2 mi away

13%17

Tracy6.6 mi away

7%9

Pipestone35 mi away

4%5

Sioux Falls, SD68.7 mi away

4%5

Currie5.4 mi away

3%4

Fulda19.3 mi away

3%4

Mankato82.4 mi away

3%4

Rochester157.1 mi away

3%4

Canby50.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%55

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

How far

How far Shetek commutes

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

15%

40%

20%

26%

15%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shetek is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shetek are

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

Jobs based in Shetek

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Shetek residents hold

128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month61%

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Jobs based in Shetek, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 16. 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.