Photo: Appraiser · CC BY-SA 3.0Barron has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% work in Barron; the top destination outside it is Barron (27%, 2 miles). 196 jobs are based in Barron, and 357 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 19 minutes on average; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Barron: the gist
Where the trip to work from Barron ends
Where Barron clocks in
27% 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.
Who works in Barron, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 350 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 189 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Barron on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Jobs in Barron: what the 196 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barron, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 196. 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 Barron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Barron: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barron workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 417 commuters (the 7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Barron
About 22% 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 towns around Barron
The biggest share goes to Stanfold (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barron workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barron | – | — | — | 19 min | $80,909 |
| Stanley | under 2% | B | C+ | 23 min | $68,333 |
| Maple Grove | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Clinton | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Stanfold | 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Maple Grove: not graded. Clinton: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Stanfold: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Barron’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 Barron: questions
What is the median household income in Barron?
$80,909 (±$10,910) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barron?
9.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barron?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barron work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barron (27%, 2 mi), Rice Lake (16%, 6 mi), Eau Claire (4%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Barron 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 Barron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barron
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.