Work & commute · Barr

Work & commute in Barr, IN

About one in 5 of Barr’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Van Buren (13%), Washington (12%) and Montgomery (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

453 of 2,251 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,798 Barr residents head out of town to work, 453 work right here, and 1,101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barr.

1,798live here, work elsewhere

453live and work here

1,101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barr goes to work

Barr (in town)right here

14%315

Van Buren7.1 mi away

13%302

Washington8.2 mi away

12%269

Montgomery2.5 mi away

6%133

Jasper19.5 mi away

4%101

Bogard8.1 mi away

4%89

Washington9 mi away

4%84

Madison13.3 mi away

3%61

Evansville55.1 mi away

2%51

Terre Haute58.3 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%796

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.

54%

18%

20%

54%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barr is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barr are

1,554 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

1,554 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Barr residents hold

2,251 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+33%

Jobs based in Barr, 2013 → 2023: 1,166 → 1,554. 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.