Work & commute · Shelbyville

Work & commute in Shelbyville, MO

Most working residents leave Shelbyville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Shelbina (9%), Hannibal (4%) and Monroe City (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 180 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 167 Shelbyville residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shelbyville.

167live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shelbyville goes to work

Shelbina7.9 mi away

9%17

Shelbyville (in town)right here

7%13

Hannibal34.7 mi away

4%8

Monroe City19.5 mi away

3%6

Macon23.3 mi away

3%6

Springfield192.8 mi away

3%5

Jefferson City86 mi away

2%4

Columbia61.4 mi away

2%4

Bethel5 mi away

2%3

Moberly34.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%111

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

How far

How far Shelbyville commutes

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

40%

18%

13%

28%

40%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shelbyville is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shelbyville are

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

Jobs based in Shelbyville

116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Shelbyville residents hold

180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−13%

Jobs based in Shelbyville, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 116. 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.