Households in Shieldsville Township have higher incomes than those in 77% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Shieldsville Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (B−). 10.4% of residents live below the poverty line, where Minnesota as a whole has 9.3%. Only 2% stay in Shieldsville Township for work; outside it, Faribault is the main destination (25%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Shieldsville Township apart
Stores, warehouses and trucking
86% of the jobs in Shieldsville Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Shieldsville Township and Faribault trade workers both ways
Faribault is the top workplace for Shieldsville Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Shieldsville Township come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
38% of the jobs based in Shieldsville Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 20% of Shieldsville Township’s own working residents. 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 566 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Shieldsville Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Shieldsville Township’s grade up ($100,625, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: Shieldsville Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Shieldsville Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The kinds of work in Shieldsville Township
570 jobs are based in Shieldsville Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shieldsville Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 570. 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 Shieldsville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Shieldsville Township commutes to
Where Shieldsville Township clocks in
25% of workers
8% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Shieldsville Township
On a workday 555 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 559 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 (1.01 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.
Shieldsville Township’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shieldsville Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 467 commuters (the 11% 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.
How many miles Shieldsville Township commutes
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.
Few in Shieldsville Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 524 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). 0.8% of Shieldsville Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Shieldsville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Shieldsville Township is 1,106th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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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| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,104 | Schuylerville NY | 1,348 | $87K | 9.6% | 2.5% | 7% | B− |
| 1,105 | Shipman Township IL | 1,273 | $98K | 9.6% | 1.2% | 3% | B− |
| 1,106 | Shieldsville Township MN | 1,101 | $101K | 10.4% | 1.1% | 2% | B− |
| 1,107 | Orford NH | 1,229 | $93K | 5.8% | 4.8% | 3% | B− |
| 1,108 | Taylors Falls MN | 1,054 | $68K | 5.4% | 2.2% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Shieldsville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door to Shieldsville Township
The biggest share goes to Wells Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shieldsville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shieldsville Township | – | B− | B− | 30 min | $100,625 |
| Wells Township | 4% | B+ | C | 25 min | $87,574 |
| Morristown Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Erin Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Kilkenny Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Morristown Township, Erin Township and Kilkenny Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shieldsville 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 Shieldsville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shieldsville Township?
$100,625 (±$5,594) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shieldsville Township?
10.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shieldsville Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shieldsville Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Faribault (25%, 10 mi), Owatonna (8%, 20 mi), Northfield (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shieldsville Township walkable?
Shieldsville Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shieldsville 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 Shieldsville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shieldsville 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.