Photo: Johnhochi · CC BY-SA 4.0Barnhart has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 2% work in Barnhart; the top destination outside it is St. Louis (16%, 22 miles). Employers in Barnhart report 678 jobs, against 2,778 working residents. Jobs and income earn Barnhart A; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Barnhart at work: what stands out
Barnhart is a place people come home to
There are 678 jobs based in Barnhart, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Barnhart has about 3,700 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Barnhart’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Barnhart is St. Louis, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (443) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Barnhart workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Barnhart
65% of Barnhart residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Barnhart pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. 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.
The four measures behind Barnhart’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Barnhart is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #38 of 247 in Missouri. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Barnhart’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Barnhart could be anywhere from B to A+.
Barnhart by day and by night
On a workday 2,736 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 636 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Barnhart on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Barnhart’s commute, mile by mile
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 to work from Barnhart takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barnhart workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,994 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
Jobs in Barnhart: what the 678 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barnhart, 2013 → 2023: 681 → 678. 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 Barnhart’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Barnhart goes to work
Where Barnhart clocks in
16% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
In Barnhart, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barnhart is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #235 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,323 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Barnhart households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barnhart’s commuters take a bus or train.
Barnhart is 476th of 3,527 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,800 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Cottleville MO | 6,717 | $131K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Greenwood MO | 6,315 | $107K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 474 | Augusta Township MI | 7,345 | $108K | 6.4% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| 475 | Granger Township OH | 4,673 | $124K | 7.6% | 3.0% | 7% | A |
| 476 | Barnhart MO | 5,785 | $96K | 4.8% | 2.8% | 2% | A |
| 477 | Kimberly AL | 4,858 | $97K | 3.4% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| 478 | Colona IL | 4,938 | $80K | 3.8% | 0.6% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,527 | 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 Barnhart, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
How Barnhart compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Imperial. Darker towns draw more of Barnhart’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 Barnhart: questions
What is the median household income in Barnhart?
$95,811 (±$10,062) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barnhart?
4.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barnhart?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barnhart work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (16%, 22 mi), Arnold (5%, 6 mi), Fenton (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barnhart walkable?
Barnhart is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barnhart without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barnhart, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barnhart
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.