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Jobs & commute in Barney's Junction

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Barney's Junction works elsewhere

Hardly any work in Barney's Junction itself; outside it, Colville draws the most (12%, 12 miles). Barney's Junction has 1 jobs for 41 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, against 20% across Washington.

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

Day and night

In and out of Barney's Junction on a workday

On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

41live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night63
Workday23
63live here− 41head out to work+ 1come in to work= 23on a workday

About 23 people are in Barney's Junction on a workday afternoon, 63% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 places Barney's Junction commutes to

Rathdrum: 1 residents work here (2%)Coeur d'Alene: 1 residents work here (2%)Nampa: 1 residents work here (2%)Kettle Falls: 1 residents work here (2%)Republic: 4 residents work here (10%)Colville: 5 residents work here (12%)Medical Lake: 2 residents work here (5%)Wenatchee: 3 residents work here (7%)Bellevue: 2 residents work here (5%)Barney's JunctionCurlew: 2 residents work here (5%)ColvilleRepublicWenatcheeMedical LakeBellevueCurlewBarney's Junction
1
Colville11.7 mi away
12%5
2
Republic27.6 mi away
10%4
3
Wenatchee130.5 mi away
7%3
4
Medical Lake75.3 mi away
5%2
5
Bellevue198.8 mi away
5%2
6
Curlew28 mi away
5%2
7
Rathdrum, ID80.6 mi away
2%1
8
Coeur d'Alene, ID88.3 mi away
2%1
9
Nampa, ID355.8 mi away
2%1
10
Kettle Falls3.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%19
The top trips

Where Barney's Junction 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.

The jobs

A place that makes things: 100% of Barney's Junction’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Barney's JunctionJobs Barney's Junction residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%22%
Trade, transport & utilities0%15%
Services: health, schools, offices0%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%29%
Over $3,333 a month100%59%

Who does it

29 or younger0%24%
30 to 54100%41%
55 and older0%34%
−75%

Jobs based in Barney's Junction, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 1. 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 Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Barney's Junction

Working from home
0%

of Barney's Junction workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Barney's Junction gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 21 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% 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

Half of Barney's Junction commutes less than 73 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miColville: 12% · 11.7 miRepublic: 10% · 27.6 miWenatchee: 7% · 130.5 miMedical Lake: 5% · 75.3 miBellevue: 5% · 198.8 miCurlew: 5% · 28 miRathdrum: 2% · 80.6 miCoeur d'Alene: 2% · 88.3 miNampa: 2% · 355.8 miKettle Falls: 2% · 3.2 miColville 12%Republic 10%Wenatchee 7%Medical Lake 5%Bellevue 5%Barney's Junction
Barney's JunctionTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi2 residents
22%10–24 mi9 residents
20%25–50 mi8 residents
54%Over 50 mi22 residents

About 54% 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 Barney's Junction: questions

What is the poverty rate in Barney's Junction?

0.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Barney's Junction work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colville (12%, 12 mi), Republic (10%, 28 mi), Wenatchee (7%, 130 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Barney's Junction 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's Junction, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Barney's Junction

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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.