Work & commute · Shieldsville

Work & commute in Shieldsville, MN

Most working residents leave Shieldsville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Faribault (25%), Owatonna (8%) and Northfield (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 566 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 555 Shieldsville residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 559 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shieldsville.

555live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

559work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shieldsville goes to work

Faribault10.5 mi away

25%140

Owatonna20.2 mi away

8%47

Northfield18.4 mi away

8%44

Wells7.3 mi away

4%20

Minneapolis45.8 mi away

3%19

Bloomington36.3 mi away

2%14

Burnsville32.4 mi away

2%12

Waseca16.5 mi away

2%11

St. Paul47.4 mi away

2%11

Shieldsville (in town)right here

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%237

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

How far

How far Shieldsville commutes

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

29%

32%

27%

11%

29%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shieldsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shieldsville are

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

Jobs based in Shieldsville

570 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities86%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Shieldsville residents hold

566 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+3463%

Jobs based in Shieldsville, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 570. 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.

Work & commute in Shieldsville, MN

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Shieldsville goes to work

How far Shieldsville commutes

Shieldsville is balanced between jobs and homes

What the jobs in Shieldsville are

Jobs based in Shieldsville

Jobs Shieldsville residents hold

How to read this page

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