Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Shamrock Township
A typical one-way commute lasts 36 minutes, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26. The two grades for Shamrock Township are C for jobs and income and C for walkability. About one in seven work in Shamrock Township itself; outside it, McGregor draws the most (16%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Shamrock Township apart
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Shamrock Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Shamrock Township makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in Shamrock Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Shamrock Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 543 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Shamrock Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Shamrock Township is better than 25% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Shamrock Township’s grade up (8.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Shamrock Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Shamrock Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Near or far: the trip to work from Shamrock Township
About 39% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 36 minutes to work from Shamrock Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shamrock Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 362 commuters (the 21% 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.
Shamrock Township makes things: 52% of its jobs are in goods
344 jobs are based in Shamrock Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shamrock Township, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 344. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shamrock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Shamrock Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 467 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Shamrock Township on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Shamrock Township: the destinations
Where Shamrock Township clocks in
16% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
In Shamrock Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shamrock Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 458 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.9% of Shamrock Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Shamrock Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Shamrock Township ranks 3,014th of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,012 | Cadott WI | 1,473 | $71K | 15.8% | 0.6% | 6% | C |
| 3,013 | Smyrna Township IN | 1,090 | $71K | 12.7% | 5.2% | <1% | C |
| 3,014 | Shamrock Township MN | 1,271 | $71K | 8.9% | 4.7% | 14% | C |
| 3,015 | Clarksfield Township OH | 1,588 | $73K | 9.8% | 8.5% | <1% | C |
| 3,016 | Bethel Township PA | 1,564 | $75K | 10.4% | 3.1% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Shamrock Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Around Shamrock Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to McGregor Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shamrock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shamrock Township | – | C | C | 36 min | $70,903 |
| Turner Township | under 2% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Workman Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| McGregor Township | 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Haugen Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Turner Township, Workman Township, McGregor Township and Haugen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shamrock 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 2023, 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 Shamrock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shamrock Township?
$70,903 (±$9,125) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shamrock Township?
8.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shamrock Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shamrock Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McGregor (16%, 8 mi), Aitkin (7%, 25 mi), Duluth (4%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shamrock Township walkable?
Shamrock Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shamrock Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shamrock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shamrock Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.