With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Barkley Township works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. There are 152 jobs in Barkley Township for 424 working residents. Only 2% work in Barkley Township itself; outside it, Rensselaer draws the most (10%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Barkley Township and work: the main findings
About 28 minutes each way for Barkley Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barkley Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 426 commuters (the 0% 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.
Who works in Barkley Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 417 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Barkley Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Commuting out of Barkley Township: the destinations
Where Barkley Township clocks in
10% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 59% of the jobs in Barkley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barkley Township, 2013 → 2023: 223 → 152. 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 Barkley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Barkley Township goes to work
About 20% 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.
Around Barkley Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barkley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barkley Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $164,333 |
| Marion Township | under 3% | C− | B− | 20 min | $62,252 |
| Gillam Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Hanging Grove Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Union Township | under 3% | D | D | 40 min | $30,750 |
| Walker Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 38 min | $91,932 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gillam Township and Hanging Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Barkley Township’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 Barkley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Barkley Township?
$164,333 (±$30,491) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barkley Township?
5.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barkley Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barkley Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rensselaer (10%, 7 mi), DeMotte (6%, 14 mi), Lafayette (4%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Barkley Township 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 Barkley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barkley Township
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.