Work & commute · Barr

Work & commute in Barr, IL

Most working residents leave Barr for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (23%), Jacksonville (10%) and Carlinville (7%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 137 Barr residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barr.

137live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barr goes to work

Springfield36.5 mi away

23%31

Jacksonville24 mi away

10%14

Carlinville14.6 mi away

7%9

South Palmyra6.1 mi away

5%7

Palmyra6.2 mi away

4%6

Edwardsville42.3 mi away

4%5

Girard17.4 mi away

3%4

East Alton35.4 mi away

2%3

Assumption56.8 mi away

1%2

Williamsville48.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%54

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Barr commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10%

20%

43%

26%

10%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barr is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.01 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Barr are

1 jobs are based in Barr. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barr’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barr

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Barr residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−91%

Jobs based in Barr, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 1. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.