Most of Barton Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Barton Township; the top destination outside it is Patoka Township (15%, 13 miles). There are 87 jobs in Barton Township, and 551 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Barton Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Barton Township, in a few figures
The figures behind Barton Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Barton Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Barton Township’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($62,765, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Barton Township’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, Barton Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Barton Township
On a workday 545 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Barton Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Where Barton Township’s working residents head each day
Where Barton Township clocks in
15% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 31% of work in Barton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barton Township, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 87. 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 Barton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Barton Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barton Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 695 commuters (the 3% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Barton Township
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.
Most of Barton Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barton Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 719 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). 0.5% of Barton Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Barton Township places 1,971st of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | 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+ |
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| 9 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 112 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 123 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,969 | Springfield Township IN | 1,150 | $62K | 0.0% | 20.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,970 | Marrowstone WA | 1,164 | $110K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,971 | Barton Township IN | 1,480 | $63K | 3.2% | 1.4% | 1% | B− |
| 1,972 | Stockbridge MA | 1,982 | $146K | 7.2% | 7.0% | 14% | B− |
| 1,973 | Plymouth Township PA | 1,733 | $80K | 10.3% | 7.0% | 1% | 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 Barton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Barton Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton Township | – | B− | D | 26 min | $62,765 |
| Greer Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $111,379 |
| Hart Township | under 2% | B | B− | 25 min | $62,875 |
| Center Township | under 2% | C | D | 38 min | $64,009 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Lynnville | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Columbia Township | under 2% | C+ | A− | 25 min | $54,711 |
| Union Township | under 2% | B− | C | 19 min | $66,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Monroe Township and Lynnville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Barton 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 Barton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Barton Township?
$62,765 (±$36,620) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barton Township?
3.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barton Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barton Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Patoka Township (15%, 13 mi), Evansville (15%, 20 mi), Oakland City (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barton Township walkable?
Barton Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barton 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 Barton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barton 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.