Work & commute · Barsness

Work & commute in Barsness, MN

Most working residents leave Barsness for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Glenwood (12%), Alexandria (12%) and Morris (10%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 51 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 51 Barsness residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barsness.

51live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barsness goes to work

Glenwood8.5 mi away

12%6

Alexandria23 mi away

12%6

Morris23.2 mi away

10%5

Benson18.1 mi away

6%3

Sauk Centre26.5 mi away

6%3

Marshall77.8 mi away

4%2

Willmar34.4 mi away

4%2

Darnen24.9 mi away

4%2

Brandon30.2 mi away

2%1

Lowry11.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%20

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

How far

How far Barsness commutes

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

14%

41%

20%

25%

14%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barsness is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barsness are

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

Jobs based in Barsness

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities87%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Barsness residents hold

51 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−18%

Jobs based in Barsness, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 23. 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.