Work & commute · Barnum

Work & commute in Barnum, IA

Most working residents leave Barnum for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Dodge (56%), West Des Moines (6%) and Ames (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 77 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 76 Barnum residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnum.

76live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnum goes to work

Fort Dodge9.7 mi away

56%43

West Des Moines72.6 mi away

6%5

Ames50.5 mi away

4%3

Manson9 mi away

3%2

Humboldt16.6 mi away

3%2

Storm Lake43.3 mi away

3%2

Nevada56.9 mi away

3%2

Webster City28.1 mi away

3%2

Barnum (in town)right here

1%1

Harcourt19.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%14

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

How far

How far Barnum commutes

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

43%

31%

17%

43%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnum is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnum are

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

Jobs based in Barnum

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Barnum residents hold

77 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−13%

Jobs based in Barnum, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 73. 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.