Barbee has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For <1% of workers, the job is at home, against 11% across Indiana. Barbee has 52 jobs; 380 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Barbee are B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Barbee, in brief
Barbee is a place people come home to
There are 52 jobs based in Barbee, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Few Barbee workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 380 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Barbee
On income, poverty and job access, Barbee is better than 73% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Barbee’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (12.1%) is left out: Barbee’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Barbee could be anywhere from C to A.
How a workday changes Barbee
On a workday 374 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Barbee on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 24 minutes each way, about the IN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barbee workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 588 commuters (the <1% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
21% of working residents work in Warsaw
Where Barbee clocks in
21% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barbee, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 52. 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 Barbee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Barbee to work
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.
Most trips from Barbee start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barbee is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Barbee 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 590 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). 0.0% of Barbee households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barbee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Barbee comes 958th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 956 | Fort Loramie OH | 1,736 | $94K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 10% | B+ |
| 957 | Hanover OH | 1,397 | $83K | 4.3% | 1.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 958 | Barbee IN | 1,464 | $95K | 3.8% | 12.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 959 | Hudson Lake IN | 1,347 | $98K | 7.2% | 0.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 960 | Paxtang PA | 1,632 | $87K | 4.1% | 6.6% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Barbee, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Barbee: questions
What is the median household income in Barbee?
$95,375 (±$64,279) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barbee?
3.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barbee?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barbee work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (21%, 8 mi), Tippecanoe Township (8%, 1 mi), Goshen (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barbee walkable?
Barbee is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barbee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barbee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barbee
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.