Work & commute · Barrett

Work & commute in Barrett, PA

About one in 5 of Barrett’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pocono (7%), Stroud (4%) and Paradise (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

292 of 1,484 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,192 Barrett residents head out of town to work, 292 work right here, and 898 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barrett.

1,192live here, work elsewhere

292live and work here

898work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barrett goes to work

Barrett (in town)right here

20%292

Pocono11.8 mi away

7%102

Stroud15.1 mi away

4%63

Paradise7.5 mi away

3%47

New York, NY77.4 mi away

3%44

East Stroudsburg14.8 mi away

3%41

Coolbaugh11.4 mi away

2%34

Tobyhanna16.5 mi away

2%33

Philadelphia83.4 mi away

2%27

Stroudsburg16.1 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%775

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

How far

How far Barrett commutes

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

31%

20%

21%

28%

31%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barrett is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Barrett are

1,190 jobs are based in Barrett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barrett’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barrett

1,190 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Barrett residents hold

1,484 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−1%

Jobs based in Barrett, 2013 → 2023: 1,205 → 1,190. 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.