Work & commute · Barnesville

Work & commute in Barnesville, MN

Most working residents leave Barnesville for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (44%), Barnesville (12%) and West Fargo (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 85 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 85 Barnesville residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnesville.

85live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnesville goes to work

Fargo, ND20.9 mi away

44%37

Barnesville3.7 mi away

12%10

West Fargo, ND23.6 mi away

9%8

Moorhead18 mi away

8%7

Felton27.7 mi away

2%2

Hawley16 mi away

2%2

Detroit Lakes31.6 mi away

2%2

Spring Prairie18 mi away

2%2

Humboldt6.3 mi away

2%2

Mahnomen50.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%12

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

How far

How far Barnesville commutes

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

13%

65%

15%

13%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnesville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnesville are

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

Jobs based in Barnesville

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Barnesville residents hold

85 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+125%

Jobs based in Barnesville, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 72. 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.