Work & commute · Barclay

Work & commute in Barclay, MN

Most working residents leave Barclay for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pine River (13%), Brainerd (7%) and Hackensack (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 212 Barclay residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barclay.

212live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barclay goes to work

Pine River3 mi away

13%28

Brainerd29.6 mi away

7%14

Hackensack12.9 mi away

6%12

Jenkins8.2 mi away

5%11

Baxter29.5 mi away

5%11

Pequot Lakes13 mi away

4%8

Walker24.6 mi away

3%7

Nisswa18.7 mi away

3%7

Bemidji55.2 mi away

2%5

Lake Edward20.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%104

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

How far

How far Barclay commutes

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

28%

27%

19%

25%

28%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barclay is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barclay are

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

Jobs based in Barclay

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Barclay residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+100%

Jobs based in Barclay, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 12. 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.