Earning a living in Shellytown
Shellytown has 14 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Working from home is the commute for 45% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Hardly any work in Shellytown itself; outside it, Williamsburg draws the most (21%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Shellytown, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 14 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 68 people are in Shellytown on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Shellytown’s working residents head each day
Where Shellytown clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Working from home in Shellytown
of Shellytown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 commuters (the 45% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Shellytown goes to work
About 29% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Shellytown: questions
What is the median household income in Shellytown?
$135,809 (±$33,704) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shellytown?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Shellytown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsburg (21%, 4 mi), Woodbury Township (14%, 2 mi), Indiana (7%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Shellytown 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 Shellytown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shellytown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.