Chenango Canal Prism and Lock 107 · Photo: Stephen Schweitzer · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Barker commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 233 jobs in Barker, against 1,009 working residents. The two grades for Barker are C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 2% stay in Barker for work; outside it, Binghamton is the main destination (14%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Barker, in a few figures
Barker is a place people come home to
There are 233 jobs based in Barker, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Barker has about 1,700 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Barker are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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.
Barker’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Barker is better than 18% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Barker’s grade up (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Barker could be anywhere from D to B.
The daily commute in and out of Barker
On a workday 988 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Barker on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Barker
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barker workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 853 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns that employ Barker’s residents
Where Barker clocks in
14% of workers
12% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 36% of the jobs in Barker
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barker, 2014 → 2024: 288 → 233. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Barker commutes
About 23% 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.
In Barker, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barker is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Barker near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 925 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). 1.4% of Barker households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barker’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Barker is 4,078th among 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,076 | Electra TX | 2,238 | $69K | 19.7% | 2.7% | 26% | C− |
| 4,077 | Fort Fairfield ME | 3,285 | $71K | 10.3% | 9.1% | 12% | C− |
| 4,078 | Barker NY | 2,458 | $64K | 20.5% | 7.0% | 2% | C− |
| 4,079 | Noble Township OH | 1,976 | $46K | 8.6% | 3.4% | 5% | C− |
| 4,080 | Newton Township OH | 1,778 | $75K | 22.0% | 2.0% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
16% of Barker works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Triangle (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barker workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barker | – | C− | D | 27 min | $64,348 |
| Chenango | 4% | C+ | C− | 24 min | $86,646 |
| Nanticoke | under 3% | C− | C | 23 min | $69,432 |
| Greene | 5% | C+ | B− | 23 min | $73,481 |
| Triangle | 7% | D | B− | 29 min | $71,875 |
| Fenton | under 3% | C+ | C | 21 min | $73,162 |
| Maine | under 3% | C | D | 20 min | $69,115 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Barker’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: questions
What is the median household income in Barker?
$64,348 (±$9,784) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barker?
20.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barker?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barker work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Binghamton (14%, 11 mi), Union (12%, 11 mi), Triangle (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Barker walkable?
Barker is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barker without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barker, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barker
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.