Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Barney works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Barney itself; outside it, Wahpeton draws the most (19%, 18 miles). 12 jobs are based in Barney, against 26 working residents. 19% of workers have no commute at all; North Dakota has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Barney
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29 people are in Barney on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 places Barney commutes to
Where Barney clocks in
19% 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.
In Barney, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barney, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 12. 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 Barney’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Barney
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barney workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% 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.
Barney’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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Barney workers work outside North Dakota. The job records count 15% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Barney: questions
What is the median household income in Barney?
$51,250 (±$23,864) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barney?
14.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barney?
22 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barney work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wahpeton (19%, 18 mi), Gwinner (12%, 32 mi), Breckenridge (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Barney 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 Barney, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barney
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.