With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Shetek Township works elsewhere
Shetek Township has 16 jobs; 128 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Shetek Township itself; outside it, Slayton draws the most (14%, 12 miles). Home is the office for 24% of workers (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Shetek Township on a workday
On a workday 128 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Shetek Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Shetek Township: the destinations
Where Shetek Township clocks in
14% of workers
13% 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.
Shetek Township works in goods: 63% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shetek Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 16. 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 Shetek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Shetek Township, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shetek Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 142 commuters (the 24% 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.
Shetek Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% 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.
Around Shetek Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shetek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shetek Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $96,250 |
| Murray Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Lake Sarah Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| The Lakes | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Holly Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Monroe Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Murray Township, Lake Sarah Township, Holly Township and Monroe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. The Lakes: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shetek 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 Shetek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shetek Township?
$96,250 (±$13,425) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shetek Township?
4.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shetek Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shetek Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Slayton (14%, 12 mi), Marshall (13%, 22 mi), Tracy (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shetek Township without a car?
0% 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 Shetek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shetek 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.