Work & commute · Barbee

Work & commute in Barbee, IN

Most working residents leave Barbee for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Warsaw (21%), Tippecanoe (8%) and Goshen (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 380 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 374 Barbee residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barbee.

374live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barbee goes to work

Warsaw7.5 mi away

21%79

Tippecanoe0.9 mi away

8%30

Goshen20.3 mi away

5%19

Elkhart30.4 mi away

5%19

Syracuse9.1 mi away

5%18

Nappanee17.9 mi away

3%10

Fort Wayne33.1 mi away

3%10

Pierceton6.9 mi away

2%9

North Webster2.4 mi away

2%8

Milford10.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%170

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

How far

How far Barbee commutes

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

48%

22%

21%

48%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barbee is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barbee are

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

Jobs based in Barbee

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Barbee residents hold

380 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−2%

Jobs based in Barbee, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 52. 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.