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Work & commute · Barnes

Work & commute in Barnes, WI

Most working residents leave Barnes for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Cable (14%), Ashland (7%) and Superior (7%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
13 of 281 working residents
Typical commute
33 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
42 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
23%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 268 Barnes residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnes.

268live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
83work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Barnes goes to work

DuluthHaywardWashburnAshlandSuperiorBarnesHighlandGordonSolon SpringsWascottWashingtonLenrootNamakagonDeltaDrummondHaywardHughesIron RiverGrand ViewCableCableAshlandSuperiorDuluthHaywardHaywardNamakagonIron RiverWashburnBarnes
1
Cable10.7 mi away
14%40
2
Ashland34.8 mi away
7%21
3
Superior39.5 mi away
7%20
4
Duluth, MN45.3 mi away
5%14
5
Hayward21.7 mi away
5%14
6
Hayward20.3 mi away
5%13
7
Barnes (in town)right here
5%13
8
Namakagon21.5 mi away
5%13
9
Iron River17.9 mi away
5%13
10
Washburn37.8 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%114

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

How far

How far Barnes commutes

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

6%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
28%25–50 mi
27%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Barnes is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnes are

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

Jobs based in Barnes

96 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)88%
$1,250 a month or less60%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Barnes residents hold

281 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+113%

Jobs based in Barnes, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 96. 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.

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