Photo: Bwsmith84 · CC BY 3.0Barnesville’s household incomes are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
26.2% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. The two grades for Barnesville are D− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. For <1% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Barnesville, in brief
Barnesville trades workers with the towns around it
Barnesville has about as many jobs (1,320) as working residents (1,491), but they are mostly different people: 1,155 residents leave for work each day while 984 people come in. Only 25% of the jobs in Barnesville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Barnesville workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Barnesville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical 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.
Where Barnesville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Barnesville is better than 4% of U.S. towns, #985 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Barnesville’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Barnesville could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Barnesville by day and by night
On a workday 1,155 residents head out to work, 336 work right here, and 984 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 (0.89 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.
Time on the road from Barnesville: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barnesville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,536 commuters (the <1% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
6% of working residents work in St. Clairsville
Where Barnesville clocks in
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.
Jobs in Barnesville: what the 1,320 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barnesville, 2013 → 2023: 1,371 → 1,320. 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 Barnesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Barnesville works
About 26% 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.
Driving is how Barnesville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barnesville is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #220 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Barnesville 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 1,538 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). 9.7% of Barnesville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barnesville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Barnesville and other U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,102 | Meigs Township OH | 3,811 | $60K | 21.8% | 8.6% | 10% | D− |
| 4,103 | Grayson KY | 3,728 | $28K | 37.9% | 7.6% | 25% | D− |
| 4,104 | Barnesville OH | 3,861 | $42K | 26.2% | 7.0% | 23% | D− |
| 4,105 | Brookside Township IL | 4,522 | $45K | 25.3% | 10.2% | 6% | D− |
| 4,106 | Whitehall NY | 3,999 | $54K | 20.7% | 9.2% | 16% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Barnesville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Barnesville: questions
What is the median household income in Barnesville?
$42,443 (±$12,003) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barnesville?
26.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barnesville?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barnesville work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Clairsville (6%, 16 mi), Richland Township (5%, 15 mi), Union Township (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barnesville walkable?
Barnesville is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barnesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barnesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barnesville
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.