Work & commute · Barker

Work & commute in Barker, NY

Most working residents leave Barker for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Binghamton (13%), Union (12%) and Triangle (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 1,076 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,048 Barker residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barker.

1,048live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barker goes to work

Binghamton11.3 mi away

13%144

Union11.4 mi away

12%130

Triangle6.3 mi away

8%87

Chenango3.4 mi away

7%77

Vestal15.9 mi away

7%71

Dickinson9.3 mi away

6%62

Greene8.6 mi away

5%55

New York150.6 mi away

3%29

Barker (in town)right here

3%28

Kirkwood13.3 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%372

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

How far

How far Barker commutes

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

27%

44%

10%

20%

27%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barker is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barker are

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

Jobs based in Barker

206 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Barker residents hold

1,076 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−24%

Jobs based in Barker, 2013 → 2023: 271 → 206. 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.