For about half of its working residents, Barton is a commute to Albuquerque
Hardly any stay in Barton for work; outside it, Albuquerque is the main destination (50%, 22 miles). Jobs and income earn Barton B; getting around on foot earns it D. For 24% of workers, the job is at home, where New Mexico as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Barton: the gist
More than half of Barton works in Albuquerque
198 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Albuquerque, 22 miles away. That’s 50 times as many as work in Barton itself. The commute map ↓
Barton is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Barton, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Barton has about 960 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Barton works from home
24% of Barton workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. Time on the road ↓
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; with 399 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Barton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Barton is better than 63% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Barton’s grade up (6.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.8%) is left out: Barton’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 could be anywhere from C− to A.
Where the trip to work from Barton ends
Where Barton clocks in
50% of workers
12% 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.
How many people are in Barton by day
On a workday 396 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Barton on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Barton, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barton workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 435 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across New Mexico: 84% 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.
A place that makes things: 70% of Barton’s jobs are in goods
57 jobs are based in Barton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barton, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 57. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Barton commutes less than 20 miles
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.
The commute in Barton is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barton is more walkable than 13% 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 3.4% across New Mexico.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 573 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). 0.0% of Barton households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Barton places 1,237th of 5,400 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 746 | Santa Ana Pueblo NM | 1,026 | $86K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 809 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,095 | Cuartelez NM | 1,512 | $114K | 5.6% | 20.8% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,235 | Hoyleton Township IL | 1,026 | $100K | 7.0% | 5.5% | 8% | B |
| 1,236 | Punta Rassa FL | 1,335 | $91K | 8.9% | 8.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,237 | Barton NM | 1,302 | $82K | 6.6% | 5.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,238 | Blue Grass IA | 1,703 | $93K | 6.4% | 6.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,239 | Oakley UT | 1,538 | $126K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
Next door to Barton
The biggest share goes to Edgewood (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Barton’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: questions
What is the median household income in Barton?
$81,723 (±$52,888) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barton?
6.6%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barton?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barton work?
1% work in town.
Is Barton walkable?
Barton is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barton
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.