Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0Barryville at work: jobs, income and the commute
26% of workers have no commute at all, where New York as a whole has 15%. Only 4% work in Barryville; the top destination outside it is Highland (23%, 6 miles). The trip to work takes 41 minutes on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Barryville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Barryville work
Where Barryville clocks in
23% of workers
12% 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.
Barryville is a services town
78 jobs are based in Barryville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barryville, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 78. 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 Barryville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Barryville, about 41 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barryville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 161 commuters (the 25% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Barryville
About 25% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Barryville
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barryville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barryville | – | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Barryville’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 Barryville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Barryville?
3.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barryville?
41 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barryville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Highland (23%, 6 mi), New York City (12%, 76 mi), Thompson (12%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Barryville 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 Barryville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barryville
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.