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Work & commute · Barkley

Work & commute in Barkley, IN

Most working residents leave Barkley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rensselaer (10%), DeMotte (6%) and Lafayette (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
7 of 424 working residents
Typical commute
30 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 417 Barkley residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barkley.

417live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
145work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Barkley goes to work

DeMotteRensselaerValparaisoPortageHammondCrown PointLafayetteMerrillvilleGaryWalkerUnionCenterKeenerMarionHanging GroveGillamBarkleyColfaxRoselawnRensselaerDeMotteLafayetteCrown PointGaryColfaxValparaisoPortageHammondKeenerBarkley
1
Rensselaer6.7 mi away
10%43
2
DeMotte13.7 mi away
6%26
3
Lafayette44.5 mi away
4%18
4
Crown Point30.2 mi away
4%17
5
Gary41.7 mi away
4%15
6
Colfax13.8 mi away
3%12
7
Valparaiso31.5 mi away
3%11
8
Portage39.4 mi away
3%11
9
Hammond46.7 mi away
3%11
10
Keener13.6 mi away
3%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%249

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

How far

How far Barkley commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
38%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Barkley is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barkley are

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

Jobs based in Barkley

152 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)59%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)13%
$1,250 a month or less3%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Barkley residents hold

424 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−32%

Jobs based in Barkley, 2013 → 2023: 223 → 152. 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.

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