Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Barneston has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
0% of workers work from home, where Nebraska as a whole has 11%. There are 4 jobs in Barneston for 41 working residents. Hardly any work in Barneston itself; outside it, Beatrice draws the most (27%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Barneston: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 51 people are in Barneston on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Where people from Barneston work
Where Barneston clocks in
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.
100% of the jobs in Barneston pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barneston, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 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 Barneston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Barneston
of Barneston workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 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.
Barneston’s commute, mile by mile
About 32% 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.
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 Barneston: questions
What is the median household income in Barneston?
$49,583 (±$20,289) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barneston?
11.1%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Barneston work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beatrice (27%, 18 mi), Wymore (10%, 7 mi), Lincoln (10%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Barneston 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 Barneston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barneston
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.