Most of Barnum Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
62 jobs are based in Barnum Township for 529 working residents. Barnum Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. 10% of workers have no commute at all, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Barnum Township: the gist
Income, poverty and work: Barnum Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Barnum Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Barnum Township’s grade up ($88,036, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Barnum Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Barnum Township could be anywhere from C to B.
How many people are in Barnum Township by day
On a workday 527 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Barnum Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
20% of working residents work in Cloquet
Where Barnum Township clocks in
14% of workers
10% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Barnum Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barnum Township, 2014 → 2024: 15 → 62. 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 Barnum Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Barnum Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barnum Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 430 commuters (the 10% 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 far it is to work from Barnum Township
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Barnum Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barnum Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Barnum Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 476 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). 0.6% of Barnum Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barnum Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Barnum Township is 1,694th 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% | 2% | 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% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,692 | Chico TX | 1,116 | $76K | 10.5% | 14.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,693 | Chatham VA | 1,191 | $59K | 7.8% | 3.3% | 20% | C+ |
| 1,694 | Barnum Township MN | 1,127 | $88K | 13.1% | 5.3% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,695 | Dakota WI | 1,169 | $81K | 9.6% | 1.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,696 | Midway FL | 1,407 | $61K | 17.2% | 5.4% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Barnum Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Around Barnum Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Barnum (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barnum Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnum Township | – | C+ | D | 27 min | $88,036 |
| Moose Lake Township | 2% | B− | D | 24 min | $86,696 |
| Barnum | 6% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Mahtowa Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Blackhoof Township | under 2% | A− | D | 26 min | $105,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Barnum and Mahtowa Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Barnum 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 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 Barnum Township: questions
What is the median household income in Barnum Township?
$88,036 (±$8,753) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barnum Township?
13.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barnum Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barnum Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cloquet (20%, 17 mi), Duluth (14%, 30 mi), Moose Lake (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Barnum Township walkable?
Barnum Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barnum 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 Barnum Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barnum Township
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. 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.