Johnson-Wolfe Farm · Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Barnesville commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
48% of workers work from home, next to 19% for Maryland as a whole. There are 4 jobs in Barnesville, and 69 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Barnesville itself; outside it, Washington draws the most (17%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Barnesville
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 78 people are in Barnesville on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
The towns that employ Barnesville’s residents
Where Barnesville clocks in
17% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Barnesville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barnesville, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 4. 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 Barnesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Barnesville: about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barnesville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 commuters (the 48% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Barnesville’s commute, mile by mile
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 Barnesville: questions
What is the median household income in Barnesville?
$231,250 (±$112,981) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barnesville?
3.4%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barnesville?
44 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 48% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barnesville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (17%, 29 mi), Rockville (9%, 15 mi), Baltimore (7%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Barnesville without a car?
6% 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 Barnesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barnesville
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.