Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Barrett Township (3.1%) is lower than in 68% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Barrett Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (C+). About one in five work in Barrett Township; the top destination outside it is Pocono Township (7%, 12 miles). Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Barrett Township: the figures worth knowing
The quickest commute around
Barrett Township’s 29-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 41 to 44 minutes. Next door ↓
Barrett Township makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Barrett Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Barrett Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
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.
Why Barrett Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Barrett Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Barrett Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
In Barrett Township, 44% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,190 jobs are based in Barrett Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barrett Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,205 → 1,190. 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 Barrett Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Barrett Township by day
On a workday 1,192 residents head out to work, 292 work right here, and 898 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 (0.80 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.
The places Barrett Township commutes to
Where Barrett Township clocks in
7% 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.
Getting to work from Barrett Township takes 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 Barrett Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,809 commuters (the 15% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Barrett Township
About 28% 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 Barrett Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,126 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 9.3% of Barrett Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barrett Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Barrett Township ranks: 1,879th of 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,877 | Mound Township IL | 3,508 | $75K | 10.9% | 0.8% | 17% | B |
| 1,878 | Chatham NY | 4,009 | $107K | 7.4% | 4.4% | 9% | B |
| 1,879 | Barrett Township PA | 4,010 | $85K | 7.6% | 3.1% | 20% | B |
| 1,880 | Gothenburg NE | 3,430 | $79K | 10.1% | 0.6% | 48% | B |
| 1,881 | Surf City NC | 5,142 | $81K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | 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 Barrett Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Barrett Township
The biggest share goes to Paradise Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barrett Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett Township | – | B | C+ | 29 min | $84,857 |
| Greene Township | under 2% | D | C | 44 min | $64,219 |
| Price Township | under 2% | B− | C | 41 min | $82,898 |
| Paradise Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 41 min | $86,991 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Barrett 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 Barrett Township: questions
What is the median household income in Barrett Township?
$84,857 (±$18,421) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barrett Township?
7.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barrett Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barrett Township work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pocono Township (7%, 12 mi), Stroud Township (4%, 15 mi), Paradise Township (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barrett Township walkable?
Barrett Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barrett Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barrett Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barrett 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.