Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Barnet has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Barnet C; getting around on foot earns it C−. 136 jobs are based in Barnet, against 657 working residents. Only 3% stay in Barnet for work; outside it, St. Johnsbury is the main destination (30%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Barnet: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Barnet works one town over
42% of working residents work in a town that borders Barnet: St. Johnsbury (30%), Littleton (6%) and Danville (4%). Next door ↓
Barnet is a place people come home to
There are 136 jobs based in Barnet, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Barnet has about 1,100 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 657 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Barnet
On income, poverty and job access, Barnet is better than 28% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Barnet’s grade up (8.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.6%) is left out: Barnet’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Barnet could be anywhere from D to B−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Barnet
On a workday 639 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Barnet on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Out of Barnet to work: where people go
Where Barnet clocks in
30% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 63% of work in Barnet
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barnet, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 136. 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 Barnet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Barnet spends getting to work: 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 Barnet workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 763 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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.
Barnet’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
In Barnet, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Barnet is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Barnet 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 880 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). 2.7% of Barnet households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barnet’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200, Barnet ranks 3,306th of 5,381 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 615 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 676 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 692 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,304 | Wellston MO | 1,580 | $45K | 35.4% | 12.1% | 3% | C |
| 3,305 | Creswell Township KS | 1,921 | $85K | 17.2% | 0.8% | 6% | C |
| 3,306 | Barnet VT | 1,654 | $67K | 8.2% | 0.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,307 | Lake Secession SC | 1,268 | $52K | 7.1% | 5.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,308 | Mulberry IN | 1,224 | $59K | 15.3% | 6.6% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | 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 Barnet, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
42% of Barnet works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barnet workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnet | – | C | C− | 28 min | $67,386 |
| Peacham | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Ryegate | under 2% | D | C− | 28 min | $66,484 |
| Waterford | 2% | B− | C | 24 min | $109,375 |
| Danville | 4% | B | C− | 33 min | $70,946 |
| St. Johnsbury | 30% | C | A | 20 min | $57,738 |
Same-state neighbors only. Peacham: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Johnsbury. Darker towns draw more of Barnet’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 Barnet: questions
What is the median household income in Barnet?
$67,386 (±$15,221) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barnet?
8.2%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barnet?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barnet work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Johnsbury (30%, 11 mi), Lyndon (7%, 17 mi), Littleton (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barnet walkable?
Barnet is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barnet without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barnet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barnet
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.