Work & commute · Shelton

Work & commute in Shelton, NE

Most working residents leave Shelton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Kearney (34%), Grand Island (11%) and Gibbon (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 493 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 478 Shelton residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shelton.

478live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shelton goes to work

Kearney19.2 mi away

34%166

Grand Island21.8 mi away

11%55

Gibbon6.5 mi away

9%44

Lincoln107.5 mi away

3%16

Shelton (in town)right here

3%15

Hastings21.8 mi away

2%11

Omaha143.4 mi away

2%11

Holdrege41.3 mi away

1%6

North Platte108.1 mi away

1%5

Alda15 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%161

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

How far

How far Shelton commutes

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

19%

61%

14%

19%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shelton is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shelton are

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

Jobs based in Shelton

132 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Shelton residents hold

493 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−27%

Jobs based in Shelton, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 132. 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.