Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 8,668 people, lies in Washington.
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Its best grade is for incomes: the median household earns $134K. It also does well on health — it is healthier than 84% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $647K, 6.6 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. Walkability is weaker too. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 62% of U.S. towns. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, better than 59% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 94th of 285 in Washington.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow.
Where Barberton beats most towns.
5,661 counted in 2010 and 8,567 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Barberton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,617 in 2000, 8,567 in 2020. The archive holds 7 maps from 1897 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Barberton. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi MountainMount St. Helens
13 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
14 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
26 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
13 mi City parkForest Park
14 mi MuseumPittock MansionMount St. Helens: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain · Moda Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Barberton is unincorporated, so Clark County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Barberton.
Barberton sends many workers across the state line to Portland and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
In Barberton, the concentration of trails is 1.1 miles per square mile, against 0.8 in Washington’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Across 4 parks and preserves: 4.5 miles of trail. The biggest park or preserve is Gaddis Wetland Natural Area, at 47 acres.
| Barberton | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.1 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Curtin Creek Park | 1 mi | 17 |
| 2. Gaddis Wetland Natural Area | 0.9 mi | 47 |
| 3. Pleasant Valley Park | 0.7 mi | 31 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Battle Ground School District.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley PrimaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 591 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Against the 4,157 U.S. towns with household incomes like Barberton’s, it is healthier than 50%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Barberton: 6.2% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance, below both Washington’s towns (7.9%) and U.S. towns (8.1%). The share of adults in Barberton who sleep under 7 hours: 30%. 71% of adults locally had a checkup this year; 9.5% smoke cigarettes.
| Barberton | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 71% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 11% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 6.9% | 10% | 14% |
| What stands out | Barberton | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.9% | 10.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.2% | 9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
23% of working residents cross a state line to work, Portland among the top destinations. Barberton has 853 jobs for its 3,748 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The top destinations are Vancouver (31%), Portland (16%) and Seattle (3%). For most workers, Barberton is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Barberton grew to 853 in 2023, 355 more than in 2013. Among residents here, 3.7% live below the poverty line.
| Barberton | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $134,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.7% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Barberton’s midsummer high stands at 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Here, 37% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 40% in Washington as a whole. Children under 18 are 17% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (38% statewide). In Barberton, the age of the median resident is 44.9 years.
| Barberton | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 44.9 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 30% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 16% | 18% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.5 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Barberton | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.6% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.8% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.5% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.6% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.7% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.5% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.4% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.7% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.8% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.1% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.1% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.2% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
FEMA puts nearly half of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 28% to earthquakes. In Barberton, the FEMA risk score is 42 of 100. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Barberton, 86% of households are owner-occupiers. The town’s median rent comes in at $1,913 a month. On the market locally: a median 46 days to sell.
| Barberton | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,913 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
11 within 15 miles of the center of Barberton
About 5 of every 100 Barberton residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
Where Barberton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Barberton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 8,567 at the 2020 census. Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Barberton ranks 90th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
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4 towns share a border with Barberton.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Brush Prairie (B) comes closest.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barberton | #94 | B | C− | — | B− | A− |
| Mount Vista | #120 | B− | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Brush Prairie | #106 | B | C− | — | B− | B+ |
| Five Corners | #143 | B− | C− | — | C+ | B |
| Salmon Creek | #110 | B− | D | — | C+ | A− |
Barberton, Mount Vista, Brush Prairie, Five Corners and Salmon Creek report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Barberton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Barberton grades B overall, better than 59% of U.S. towns and #94 of 285 in Washington. It grades A− for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $647,000, 10% above the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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