Photo: Myotus · CC BY-SA 4.0Shevlin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The average commute takes 29 minutes each way, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26. Shevlin has 21 jobs, and 71 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Shevlin for work; outside it, Bemidji is the main destination (32%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Shevlin by day and by night
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 88 people are in Shevlin 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.
Where Shevlin goes to work
Where Shevlin clocks in
32% of workers
18% of workers
6% 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.
Shevlin makes things: 95% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shevlin, 2013 → 2023: 185 → 21. 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 Shevlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Shevlin: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shevlin workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 commuters (the 14% 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 Shevlin
About 23% 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.
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 Shevlin: questions
What is the median household income in Shevlin?
$62,361 (±$43,330) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shevlin?
8.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shevlin?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shevlin work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bemidji (32%, 18 mi), Bagley (18%, 7 mi), Grand Forks (6%, 89 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shevlin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shevlin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shevlin
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.