Cape Arago Lighthouse · Photo: Paul Powers · Public domainMost of Barview commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Barview; the top destination outside it is Coos Bay (28%, 4 miles). Employers in Barview report 82 jobs; 547 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Barview B−; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Barview apart on work
Barview is a place people come home to
There are 82 jobs based in Barview, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Barview has about 1,200 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Barview and Coos Bay trade workers both ways
Coos Bay is the top workplace for Barview residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Barview come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 547 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Barview’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Barview is better than 48% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Barview’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Barview’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, Barview could be anywhere from C to B.
Who leaves Barview for work, and who comes in
On a workday 530 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Barview on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The towns that employ Barview’s residents
Where Barview clocks in
28% of workers
13% of workers
3% 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.
In Barview, 52% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barview, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 82. 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 Barview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Barview: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barview workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 590 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Barview’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Most of Barview commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barview is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Barview 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 684 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 6.9% of Barview households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Barview is 2,258th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Dunthorpe OR | 1,875 | $250K | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 197 | Boring OR | 1,869 | $159K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 232 | Stafford OR | 1,600 | $163K | 6.9% | 5.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,256 | Windsor Township OH | 1,928 | $70K | 1.9% | 0.5% | <1% | B− |
| 2,257 | Wautoma WI | 1,298 | $81K | 7.4% | 1.8% | 5% | B− |
| 2,258 | Barview OR | 1,684 | $79K | 4.5% | 5.1% | 3% | B− |
| 2,259 | Felton DE | 1,386 | $60K | 7.0% | 2.7% | 2% | B− |
| 2,260 | Liberty Grove WI | 2,130 | $80K | 3.8% | 3.7% | 21% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Barview, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
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 Barview: questions
What is the median household income in Barview?
$78,510 (±$15,121) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barview?
4.5%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barview?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barview work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coos Bay (28%, 4 mi), North Bend (13%, 6 mi), Grants Pass (3%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barview walkable?
Barview is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barview
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.