Work & commute · Barlow

Work & commute in Barlow, OH

Most working residents leave Barlow for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Marietta (15%), Parkersburg (10%) and Belpre (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 976 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 916 Barlow residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 466 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barlow.

916live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

466work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barlow goes to work

Marietta10.5 mi away

15%143

Parkersburg, WV11.3 mi away

10%94

Barlow (in town)right here

6%60

Belpre9.1 mi away

5%53

Warren5.7 mi away

4%39

Marietta13.8 mi away

2%24

Columbus81.9 mi away

2%23

Vienna, WV8.3 mi away

2%21

Muskingum10 mi away

2%19

Belpre8.6 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%484

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

How far

How far Barlow commutes

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

34%

37%

24%

34%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barlow is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barlow are

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

Jobs based in Barlow

526 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Barlow residents hold

976 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+7%

Jobs based in Barlow, 2013 → 2023: 492 → 526. 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.