Barnesdale has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
18% of workers work from home, where Oregon as a whole has 19%. There are 6 jobs in Barnesdale, and 72 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Barnesdale; the top destination outside it is Portland (14%, 59 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Barnesdale, and who commutes in
On a workday 72 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Barnesdale on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where Barnesdale goes to work
Where Barnesdale clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Barnesdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barnesdale, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 6. 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 Barnesdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Barnesdale
of Barnesdale workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Barnesdale, by distance
About 42% 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.
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 Barnesdale: questions
What is the median household income in Barnesdale?
$48,750 (±$29,801) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barnesdale?
3.8%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Barnesdale work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (14%, 59 mi), Nehalem (10%, 5 mi), Tillamook (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Barnesdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barnesdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barnesdale
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.