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Barton Sportsman Club - Barton, North Dakota 7-18-2009Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Jobs & commute in Barton

About half of Barton’s working residents commute to Rugby

Hardly any work in Barton itself; outside it, Rugby draws the most (50%, 13 miles). No jobs are based in Barton in the Census job records; 6 of its residents work elsewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

In and out of Barton on a workday

On a workday 6 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

6live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Barton’s residents

Rugby: 3 residents work here (50%)Minot: 2 residents work here (33%)Grand Forks: 1 residents work here (17%)BartonRugbyMinotGrand ForksBarton
1
Rugby13 mi away
50%3
2
Minot54 mi away
33%2
3
Grand Forks147.8 mi away
17%1
The top trips

Where Barton clocks in

Lines 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Barton

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRugby: 50% · 13 miMinot: 33% · 54 miGrand Forks: 17% · 147.8 miRugby 50%Minot 33%Barton
BartonTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
50%10–24 mi3 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
50%Over 50 mi3 residents

About 50% 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 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Barton: questions

Where do people who live in Barton work?

0% work in town.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Barton, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Barton

Barton home →

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.