Work & commute · Barnesville

Work & commute in Barnesville, MN

Most working residents leave Barnesville for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (38%), Moorhead (11%) and West Fargo (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

162 of 1,282 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,120 Barnesville residents head out of town to work, 162 work right here, and 532 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnesville.

1,120live here, work elsewhere

162live and work here

532work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnesville goes to work

Fargo, ND24.5 mi away

38%487

Barnesville (in town)right here

13%162

Moorhead21.5 mi away

11%143

West Fargo, ND27.3 mi away

5%59

Hawley16.3 mi away

3%39

Detroit Lakes29 mi away

3%37

Grand Forks, ND93.2 mi away

2%27

Medina176.7 mi away

1%18

Felton29.6 mi away

1%13

Barnesville3.7 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%284

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.

15%

52%

18%

14%

15%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnesville is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnesville are

694 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

694 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Barnesville residents hold

1,282 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+42%

Jobs based in Barnesville, 2013 → 2023: 488 → 694. 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.