Photo: Gerry Dincher · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Barker Ten Mile commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Barker Ten Mile grades B for jobs and income and C for walkability. There are 124 jobs in Barker Ten Mile; 390 of its residents have a job. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across North Carolina.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Barker Ten Mile: the figures worth knowing
Barker Ten Mile and Lumberton trade workers both ways
Lumberton is the top workplace for Barker Ten Mile residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Barker Ten Mile come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Barker Ten Mile workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 390 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Barker Ten Mile’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Barker Ten Mile is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Barker Ten Mile’s grade up (6.0%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($66,667, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Barker Ten Mile’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, Barker Ten Mile could be anywhere from C− to A−.
36% of working residents work in Lumberton
Where Barker Ten Mile clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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 21 minutes to work from Barker Ten Mile
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barker Ten Mile workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 598 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 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.
In and out of Barker Ten Mile on a workday
On a workday 388 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Barker Ten Mile on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Barker Ten Mile
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barker Ten Mile, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 124. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barker Ten Mile’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Barker Ten Mile
About 28% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Barker Ten Mile gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barker Ten Mile is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.9% across North Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 598 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). 0.0% of Barker Ten Mile households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barker Ten Mile’s commuters take a bus or train.
Barker Ten Mile places 1,173rd of 4,312 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 66 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 248 | Montreat NC | 1,024 | $116K | 0.0% | 9.6% | 2% | A |
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| 281 | Advance NC | 1,408 | $115K | 5.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
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| 1,171 | Eden Township IL | 1,356 | $82K | 6.9% | 3.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,172 | Wayne ME | 1,167 | $93K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,173 | Barker Ten Mile NC | 1,156 | $67K | 6.0% | 2.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,174 | Oak Grove Heights AR | 1,195 | $82K | 7.4% | 0.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,175 | Harris MN | 1,139 | $87K | 8.7% | 2.5% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Barker Ten Mile, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Next door is work for 36% of Barker Ten Mile
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barker Ten Mile workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barker Ten Mile | – | B | C | 21 min | $66,667 |
| Lumberton | 36% | D | B− | 20 min | $42,877 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lumberton. Darker towns draw more of Barker Ten Mile’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 2024, 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 Barker Ten Mile: questions
What is the median household income in Barker Ten Mile?
$66,667 (±$21,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barker Ten Mile?
6.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barker Ten Mile?
21 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barker Ten Mile work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lumberton (36%, 4 mi), Fayetteville (6%, 28 mi), Charlotte (4%, 110 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Barker Ten Mile walkable?
Barker Ten Mile is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barker Ten Mile 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 Barker Ten Mile, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barker Ten Mile
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.