Work & commute · Shingobee

Work & commute in Shingobee, MN

Most working residents leave Shingobee for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Walker (22%), Bemidji (7%) and Cass Lake (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

91 of 529 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 438 Shingobee residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 824 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shingobee.

438live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

824work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shingobee goes to work

Walker1.2 mi away

22%118

Shingobee (in town)right here

17%91

Bemidji31.5 mi away

7%39

Cass Lake21.1 mi away

7%35

Pike Bay19.6 mi away

5%26

Leech Lake7.7 mi away

4%23

Minneapolis159.2 mi away

3%16

Hackensack10.9 mi away

2%13

Park Rapids24.3 mi away

1%6

St. Cloud108.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%156

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

How far

How far Shingobee commutes

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

46%

18%

12%

25%

46%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shingobee is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Shingobee are

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

Jobs based in Shingobee

915 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Shingobee residents hold

529 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−3%

Jobs based in Shingobee, 2013 → 2023: 940 → 915. 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.