Work & commute · Barney

Work & commute in Barney, ND

Most working residents leave Barney for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hankinson (15%), Wahpeton (13%) and Lidgerwood (11%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 46 Barney residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barney.

46live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barney goes to work

Hankinson11.7 mi away

15%7

Wahpeton16.2 mi away

13%6

Lidgerwood14.8 mi away

11%5

Wyndmere8.9 mi away

6%3

Fargo43.6 mi away

6%3

Breckenridge, MN17.5 mi away

4%2

Dwight10.9 mi away

4%2

West Fargo42.9 mi away

4%2

Bismarck185.9 mi away

4%2

Greendale18.8 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%13

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

How far

How far Barney commutes

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

55%

23%

15%

6%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barney is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Barney are

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

Jobs based in Barney

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Barney residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−10%

Jobs based in Barney, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 37. 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.