Work & commute · Barber

Work & commute in Barber, MN

Most working residents leave Barber for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (20%), Blue Earth (12%) and Mapleton (8%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 98 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 97 Barber residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barber.

97live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barber goes to work

Mankato31.2 mi away

20%20

Blue Earth9.4 mi away

12%12

Mapleton14.3 mi away

8%8

North Mankato32.3 mi away

6%6

Minneapolis92.2 mi away

4%4

Fairmont26.3 mi away

3%3

Pemberton21.5 mi away

2%2

Kiester17.4 mi away

2%2

Wells10.8 mi away

2%2

Winnebago11.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%37

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

How far

How far Barber commutes

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

19%

22%

37%

23%

19%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barber is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barber are

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

Jobs based in Barber

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Barber residents hold

98 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

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Jobs based in Barber, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 22. 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.