Barr Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Barr Township report 223 jobs, and 777 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Barr Township are B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 4% work in Barr Township; the top destination outside it is Northern Cambria (8%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Barr Township apart
Income, poverty and work: Barr Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Barr Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Barr Township’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Barr Township’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, Barr Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Barr Township
On a workday 747 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Barr Township 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.
Where people from Barr Township work
Where Barr Township clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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.
Making and building: 51% of jobs based in Barr Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barr Township, 2013 → 2023: 249 → 223. 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 Barr Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Barr Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barr Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 807 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Barr Township commutes less than 20 miles
About 21% 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.
The commute in Barr Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barr Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 929 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). 5.8% of Barr Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barr Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Barr Township ranks 1,635th of 5,509 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 31 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,633 | Dunham Township OH | 2,503 | $71K | 5.9% | 0.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,634 | Cooper Township PA | 2,537 | $81K | 6.4% | 2.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,635 | Barr Township PA | 1,996 | $78K | 3.5% | 3.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,636 | Kitsap Lake WA | 2,186 | $101K | 12.7% | 3.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,637 | Wilber NE | 1,978 | $85K | 8.6% | 0.8% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Barr Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 16% of Barr Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barr Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barr Township | – | B | B− | 28 min | $78,036 |
| Cambria Township | 8% | B− | C+ | 24 min | $72,822 |
| Blacklick Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 30 min | $57,250 |
| Northern Cambria | 8% | C− | A− | 23 min | $54,673 |
| West Carroll Township | under 3% | D | C+ | 19 min | $50,833 |
| Susquehanna Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 27 min | $52,431 |
| Pine Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 29 min | $69,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cambria Township. Darker towns draw more of Barr Township’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 Barr Township: questions
What is the median household income in Barr Township?
$78,036 (±$17,574) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barr Township?
3.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barr Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barr Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Northern Cambria (8%, 4 mi), Cambria Township (8%, 9 mi), White Township (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barr Township walkable?
Barr Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barr Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barr Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barr Township
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.