Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Barksdale has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 38 jobs are based in Barksdale for 311 working residents. Only 2% work in Barksdale; the top destination outside it is Ashland (30%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Barksdale in brief
Barksdale is a place people come home to
There are 38 jobs based in Barksdale, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Barksdale has about 490 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Barksdale works in Ashland
93 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Ashland, 9.4 miles away. That’s 15 times as many as work in Barksdale itself. The commute map ↓
Most Barksdale residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 311 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Barksdale, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 306 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Barksdale on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 the trip to work from Barksdale ends
Where Barksdale clocks in
30% of workers
24% of workers
5% 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.
How far Barksdale’s workers travel
About 24% 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.
The kinds of work in Barksdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barksdale, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 38. 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 Barksdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way for Barksdale’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barksdale workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 349 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Barksdale and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barksdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barksdale | – | — | — | 18 min | $81,625 |
| Eileen | 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Washburn | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Pilsen | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Tripp | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Bayview | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eileen, Pilsen, Tripp and Bayview: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Washburn: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Eileen. Darker towns draw more of Barksdale’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Barksdale: questions
What is the median household income in Barksdale?
$81,625 (±$14,622) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barksdale?
3.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barksdale?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barksdale work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (30%, 9 mi), Washburn (24%, 9 mi), Bayfield (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Barksdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barksdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barksdale
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.