Work & commute · Shell

Work & commute in Shell, WY

Most working residents leave Shell for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Greybull (21%), Basin (21%) and Deaver (11%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 19 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 18 Shell residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shell.

18live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shell goes to work

Greybull13.8 mi away

21%4

Basin16.8 mi away

21%4

Deaver46.8 mi away

11%2

Lovell36.4 mi away

5%1

Worland36.6 mi away

5%1

Casper137.9 mi away

5%1

Shell (in town)right here

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%5

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

How far

How far Shell commutes

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

47%

26%

21%

5%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shell is a job hub

1.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shell are

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

Jobs based in Shell

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Shell residents hold

19 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

+363%

Jobs based in Shell, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 37. 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.