Work & commute · Shelby

Work & commute in Shelby, NE

Most working residents leave Shelby for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Stromsburg (11%), Columbus (10%) and Omaha (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 323 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 304 Shelby residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shelby.

304live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shelby goes to work

Stromsburg10.1 mi away

11%36

Columbus17.1 mi away

10%32

Omaha71.5 mi away

8%26

York24.1 mi away

7%22

Lincoln47.3 mi away

7%22

Shelby (in town)right here

6%19

Grand Island52.1 mi away

4%13

Columbus19 mi away

3%10

Central City30.4 mi away

2%7

Osceola6.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%131

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

How far

How far Shelby commutes

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

17%

41%

15%

27%

17%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shelby is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shelby are

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

Jobs based in Shelby

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Shelby residents hold

323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+0%

Jobs based in Shelby, 2013 → 2023: 217 → 217. 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.