Fewer people are out of work in Barr Township (0.3%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
Barr Township grades B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in five stay in Barr Township for work; outside it, Van Buren Township is the main destination (13%, 7 miles). Measured by household income, Barr Township is ahead of 71% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Barr Township
Barr Township makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in Barr Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Barr Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 43%. The jobs ↓
A young workforce
31% of Barr Township’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Barr Township’s grade explained
Unemployment holds Barr Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Barr Township could be anywhere from B to A.
In Barr Township, 54% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,554 jobs are based in Barr Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barr Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,166 → 1,554. 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 Barr Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Barr Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,798 residents head out to work, 453 work right here, and 1,101 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in Barr Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Barr Township’s residents
Where Barr Township clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
About 22 minutes each way for Barr Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barr Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,179 commuters (the 6% 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.
Barr Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Few in Barr Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barr Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #203 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,309 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). 25.7% of Barr Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barr Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Barr Township is 1,146th of 3,541 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 88 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,144 | Gateway AK | 6,845 | $138K | 4.5% | 3.8% | — | B+ |
| 1,145 | Breese Township IL | 5,521 | $87K | 3.6% | 4.1% | 24% | B+ |
| 1,146 | Barr Township IN | 5,404 | $93K | 7.4% | 0.3% | 20% | B+ |
| 1,147 | Vernon Township MI | 4,296 | $64K | 7.3% | 0.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,148 | Gardiner NY | 5,621 | $115K | 9.1% | 3.2% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Barr Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work next door: 21% of Barr Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barr Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barr Township | – | B+ | B | 22 min | $92,717 |
| Van Buren Township | 13% | B | B− | 32 min | $90,985 |
| Reeve Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Washington Township | 4% | C+ | B | 18 min | $58,630 |
| Bogard Township | 4% | B | B− | 21 min | $76,696 |
| Perry Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 21 min | $64,879 |
Same-state neighbors only. Reeve Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Van Buren Township. Darker towns draw more of Barr 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 Barr Township: questions
What is the median household income in Barr Township?
$92,717 (±$11,818) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barr Township?
7.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barr Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barr Township work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Van Buren Township (13%, 7 mi), Washington (12%, 8 mi), Montgomery (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barr Township walkable?
Barr Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barr Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barr Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barr 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. 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.