Work & commute · Barrie

Work & commute in Barrie, ND

Most working residents leave Barrie for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (48%), West Fargo (9%) and Colfax (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 93 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 92 Barrie residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barrie.

92live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barrie goes to work

Fargo23.2 mi away

48%45

West Fargo21 mi away

9%8

Colfax13.6 mi away

8%7

Wahpeton31.9 mi away

6%6

Abercrombie20.2 mi away

3%3

Kindred6 mi away

2%2

Bismarck174.4 mi away

2%2

Grand Forks92.1 mi away

2%2

Felton, MN44 mi away

1%1

Red Lake Falls, MN97.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%16

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

How far

How far Barrie commutes

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

70%

14%

11%

5%Under 10 mi

70%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barrie is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barrie are

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

Jobs based in Barrie

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Barrie residents hold

93 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+60%

Jobs based in Barrie, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 24. 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.