Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Barrington has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Barrington are A− for jobs and income and A for walkability. There are 1,838 jobs in Barrington for 3,492 working residents. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.1 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Barrington and work: the main findings
Why Barrington gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Barrington is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #273 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Barrington’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Barrington could be anywhere from B− to A+.
In Barrington, 30% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barrington, 2013 → 2023: 1,291 → 1,838. 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 Barrington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Barrington, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,364 residents head out to work, 128 work right here, and 1,710 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,500 people are in Barrington 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 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Barrington clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
The trip to work from Barrington: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barrington workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,359 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% 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 Barrington, by distance
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.
Barrington is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barrington is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #218 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,105 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 33% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 14.0% of Barrington households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Barrington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Barrington is 951st among 3,205 U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,700
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Old Tappan NJ | 6,686 | $205K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 949 | Elmwood Township MI | 5,039 | $94K | 6.3% | 2.1% | 6% | A− |
| 950 | Pacific MO | 7,824 | $63K | 5.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A− |
| 951 | Barrington NJ | 7,155 | $87K | 7.4% | 4.7% | 4% | A− |
| 952 | Chanceford Township PA | 6,025 | $94K | 2.5% | 4.3% | 4% | A− |
| 953 | Wayne Township PA | 5,385 | $98K | 6.2% | 2.7% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,205 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Barrington, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door to Barrington
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barrington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | – | A− | A | 27 min | $87,290 |
| Haddon Heights | under 3% | A | A | 24 min | $133,125 |
| Lawnside | under 3% | C | A+ | 29 min | $71,607 |
| Bellmawr | under 3% | B+ | A | 24 min | $76,654 |
| Haddonfield | under 3% | A+ | A+ | 30 min | $200,400 |
| Runnemede | under 3% | B+ | A | 27 min | $91,302 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Barrington’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 Barrington: questions
What is the median household income in Barrington?
$87,290 (±$18,206) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barrington?
7.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barrington?
27 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barrington work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (12%, 11 mi), Cherry Hill Township (8%, 4 mi), Mount Laurel Township (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barrington walkable?
Barrington is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barrington without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 33% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barrington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barrington
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.