Work & commute · Barnes

Work & commute in Barnes, IA

Most working residents leave Barnes for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Oskaloosa (21%), Grinnell (5%) and Ottumwa (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 78 Barnes residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnes.

78live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnes goes to work

Oskaloosa17.3 mi away

21%17

Grinnell20.6 mi away

5%4

Ottumwa33.6 mi away

5%4

Barnes City (in town)right here

4%3

Pella24.2 mi away

4%3

West Des Moines67.9 mi away

4%3

Greenfield104 mi away

2%2

Sigourney18.2 mi away

2%2

Montezuma6.1 mi away

2%2

Iowa City49.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%39

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Barnes commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

48%

20%

26%

6%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnes is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.42 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnes are

34 jobs are based in Barnes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barnes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barnes

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Barnes residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+42%

Jobs based in Barnes, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 34. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.