Work & commute · Barton

Work & commute in Barton, NY

Most working residents leave Barton for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Sayre (15%), Athens (5%) and Owego (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

642 of 3,477 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,835 Barton residents head out of town to work, 642 work right here, and 1,293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barton.

2,835live here, work elsewhere

642live and work here

1,293work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barton goes to work

Barton (in town)right here

18%642

Sayre, PA6.9 mi away

15%507

Athens, PA9.5 mi away

5%177

Owego15.3 mi away

4%148

Elmira16.2 mi away

4%142

Nichols8.2 mi away

4%128

Chemung6.1 mi away

3%101

New York164.8 mi away

3%91

Athens, PA10.1 mi away

3%88

Binghamton30 mi away

2%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,380

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

How far

How far Barton commutes

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

47%

19%

12%

22%

47%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barton is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barton are

1,935 jobs are based in Barton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barton

1,935 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Barton residents hold

3,477 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−10%

Jobs based in Barton, 2013 → 2023: 2,159 → 1,935. 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.