Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0Barnes City has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Barnes City has 30 jobs, and 64 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Barnes City; the top destination outside it is Oskaloosa (14%, 17 miles). For 27% of workers, the job is at home, where Iowa as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Barnes City
On a workday 63 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Barnes City on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Barnes City to work: where people go
Where Barnes City clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
Barnes City works in goods: 60% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barnes City, 2014 → 2024: 20 → 30. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barnes City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Barnes City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barnes City workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% 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 Barnes City goes to work
About 28% 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 Barnes City: questions
What is the median household income in Barnes City?
$82,500 (±$58,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barnes City?
2.6%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barnes City?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barnes City work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oskaloosa (14%, 17 mi), Ottumwa (14%, 34 mi), Pella (9%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Barnes City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barnes City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barnes City
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.