Work & commute · Barnes

Work & commute in Barnes, KS

Most working residents leave Barnes for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marysville (8%), Linn (6%) and Washington (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 95 Barnes residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnes.

95live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnes goes to work

Marysville15.6 mi away

8%8

Linn12 mi away

6%6

Washington12.8 mi away

6%6

Clay Center26 mi away

6%6

Greenleaf6.6 mi away

4%4

Topeka77.3 mi away

4%4

Clifton24 mi away

3%3

Wakefield34.2 mi away

3%3

Hanover13.6 mi away

3%3

Concordia42.7 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%51

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.

10%

44%

22%

24%

10%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnes is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnes are

84 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

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Barnes residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−32%

Jobs based in Barnes, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 84. 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.