Dodd Ford Bridge · Photo: Jerry Mathiason · Public domainWhere Shelby Township earns its living
Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average; the Minnesota average is 23, the U.S. 26. 9% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Only 5% work in Shelby Township; the top destination outside it is Mankato (26%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Shelby Township
On a workday 107 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Shelby Township commutes to
Where Shelby Township clocks in
26% 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.
Shelby Township works in goods: 81% of its jobs
110 jobs are based in Shelby Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shelby Township, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 110. 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 Shelby Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Shelby Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shelby Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 118 commuters (the 9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Shelby Township
About 20% 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.
How Shelby Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shelby Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $102,083 |
| Pleasant Mound Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Sterling Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Vernon Center Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Winnebago City Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pleasant Mound Township, Sterling Township, Vernon Center Township and Winnebago City Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shelby 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 Shelby Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shelby Township?
$102,083 (±$25,345) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shelby Township?
5.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shelby Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shelby Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mankato (26%, 22 mi), North Mankato (11%, 22 mi), Mapleton (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shelby Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shelby Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shelby 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.