Barton City Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any work in Barton City Township itself; outside it, Pittsburg draws the most (17%, 19 miles). Barton City Township has 2 jobs for 100 working residents. 20% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Missouri.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Barton City Township
On a workday 100 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Barton City Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 City Township goes to work
Where Barton City Township clocks in
17% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Barton City Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barton City Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 2. 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 City Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 14 minutes from Barton City Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barton City Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 20% 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.
The commute from Barton City Township, by distance
About 39% 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 Barton City Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Leroy Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barton City Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton City Township | – | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Leroy Township | 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Moundville Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Central Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township, Leroy Township, Moundville Township and Central Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Barton City 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Barton City Township workers work outside Missouri. The job records count 20% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- 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 City Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Barton City Township?
6.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barton City Township?
14 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barton City Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburg (17%, 19 mi), Lamar (9%, 12 mi), Nevada (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Barton City Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barton City Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barton City 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.