Work & commute · Barree

Work & commute in Barree, PA

Most working residents leave Barree for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ferguson (11%), Huntingdon (9%) and Patton (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 136 Barree residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barree.

136live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barree goes to work

Ferguson7.1 mi away

11%15

Huntingdon11.1 mi away

9%12

Patton12.5 mi away

8%11

Jackson6.3 mi away

8%11

Smithfield12.9 mi away

4%5

College13 mi away

3%4

Porter12.1 mi away

3%4

Miller5.3 mi away

3%4

Woodward28.1 mi away

2%3

Chambersburg51.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%66

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

How far

How far Barree commutes

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

24%

39%

29%

24%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barree is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barree are

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

Jobs based in Barree

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Barree residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−85%

Jobs based in Barree, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 14. 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.