Skinner-Tinkham House · Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Barre commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
6% of workers have no commute at all; New York has 15%. There are 204 jobs in Barre, and 827 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Barre are C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Barre in brief
Barre and Albion trade workers both ways
Albion is the top workplace for Barre residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Barre come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Barre is a place people come home to
There are 204 jobs based in Barre, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Barre has about 1,200 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Barre are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 827 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Barre’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Barre is better than 20% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Barre’s grade up ($73,906, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (23.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Barre’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Barre could be anywhere from D to C+.
16% of working residents work in Albion
Where Barre clocks in
16% 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.
How many people are in Barre by day
On a workday 788 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Barre on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barre workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 738 commuters (the 6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 68% of the jobs in Barre
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barre, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 204. 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 Barre’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Barre works
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 Barre is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barre is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Barre 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 789 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). 3.3% of Barre households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barre’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Barre is 3,790th of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,788 | Pahala HI | 1,768 | $72K | 11.3% | 12.7% | 0% | C− |
| 3,789 | Browning Township IL | 2,353 | $53K | 14.1% | 2.5% | 5% | C− |
| 3,790 | Barre NY | 1,797 | $74K | 23.4% | 5.2% | 5% | C− |
| 3,791 | Grandview IL | 1,389 | $49K | 26.5% | 9.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,792 | Big Timber MT | 1,686 | $67K | 10.4% | 3.7% | 35% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Barre, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 19% of Barre’s workers
The biggest share goes to Albion (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barre workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barre | – | C− | D | 21 min | $73,906 |
| Albion | 16% | D | B | 23 min | $49,779 |
| Clarendon | under 3% | B− | D− | 32 min | $57,604 |
| Oakfield | under 3% | C+ | C | 25 min | $67,067 |
| Elba | under 3% | B | D | 23 min | $91,875 |
| Shelby | 3% | C+ | B− | 26 min | $65,655 |
| Alabama | under 3% | B | C− | 30 min | $81,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Barre’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 Barre: questions
What is the median household income in Barre?
$73,906 (±$13,885) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barre?
23.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barre?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barre work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albion (16%, 3 mi), Rochester (8%, 30 mi), Amherst (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barre walkable?
Barre is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barre without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barre, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barre
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.