Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Barnesville have lower incomes than those in 78% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 14.0% of residents, next to 13.4% for Georgia as a whole. Barnesville grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Home is the office for 2% of workers, against 16% across Georgia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Barnesville, in brief
No single place dominates Barnesville’s commute
The biggest draw, Griffin, gets only 6% of working residents, and 63% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Barnesville residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Few Barnesville workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Barnesville are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Barnesville earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Barnesville is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #183 of 263 in Georgia. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Barnesville’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Barnesville could be anywhere from D to B.
6% of working residents work in Griffin
Where Barnesville clocks in
6% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Barnesville’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barnesville workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,785 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Barnesville
On a workday 2,309 residents head out to work, 293 work right here, and 1,720 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Barnesville is a services town
2,013 jobs are based in Barnesville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barnesville, 2013 → 2023: 2,102 → 2,013. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barnesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Barnesville
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Barnesville: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barnesville is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #165 of 263 in Georgia. Both inputs place Barnesville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,847 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Barnesville households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barnesville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Barnesville is 2,767th of 3,349 U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Grayson GA | 5,569 | $131K | 3.5% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Senoia GA | 6,276 | $125K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,765 | Gunnison CO | 6,836 | $62K | 22.1% | 6.3% | 42% | C− |
| 2,766 | Tarrant AL | 5,639 | $42K | 24.2% | 7.2% | 4% | C− |
| 2,767 | Barnesville GA | 6,329 | $57K | 14.0% | 5.6% | 11% | C− |
| 2,768 | Ashland WI | 7,927 | $55K | 17.8% | 3.7% | 50% | C− |
| 2,769 | Niagara NY | 7,668 | $57K | 21.3% | 9.2% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,349 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Barnesville, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Next door to Barnesville
The biggest share goes to Aldora (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barnesville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnesville | – | C− | B− | 23 min | $57,411 |
| Aldora | 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Aldora: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Barnesville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Barnesville: questions
What is the median household income in Barnesville?
$57,411 (±$10,072) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barnesville?
14.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barnesville?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barnesville work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Griffin (6%, 15 mi), Atlanta (4%, 52 mi), Macon-Bibb County (4%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barnesville walkable?
Barnesville is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barnesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barnesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barnesville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.