Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY 2.0Shafer Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 67 jobs in Shafer Township, against 564 working residents. Only 1% work in Shafer Township itself; outside it, Minneapolis draws the most (7%, 42 miles). The trip to work takes 37 minutes on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Shafer Township, in a few figures
Shafer Township is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Shafer Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Shafer Township has about 640 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Shafer Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 564 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Shafer Township
On a workday 558 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Shafer Township on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Shafer Township: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shafer Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 504 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Shafer Township goes to work
Where Shafer Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Shafer Township makes things: 57% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shafer Township, 2014 → 2024: 53 → 67. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shafer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Shafer Township works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Shafer Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shafer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shafer Township | – | — | — | 37 min | $114,511 |
| Shafer | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 40 min | $99,489 |
| Taylors Falls | under 3% | B− | C | 33 min | $67,885 |
| Franconia Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 34 min | $116,875 |
| Amador Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Chisago Lake Township | under 3% | A | C | 30 min | $133,220 |
Same-state neighbors only. Amador Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shafer Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Shafer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shafer Township?
$114,511 (±$6,920) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shafer Township?
1.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shafer Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shafer Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (7%, 42 mi), St. Paul (6%, 38 mi), Chisago City (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Shafer Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shafer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shafer Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.