Work & commute · Barberton

Work & commute in Barberton, WA

Most working residents leave Barberton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Vancouver (31%), Portland (16%) and Seattle (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

80 of 3,748 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,668 Barberton residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 773 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barberton.

3,668live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

773work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barberton goes to work

Vancouver5.3 mi away

31%1,152

Portland, OR12.3 mi away

16%614

Seattle132.2 mi away

3%128

Hazel Dell3 mi away

3%111

Mount Vista1.9 mi away

2%93

Barberton (in town)right here

2%80

Camas11.7 mi away

2%72

Salmon Creek2.5 mi away

2%68

Brush Prairie3.1 mi away

2%65

Orchards4.3 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,310

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

How far

How far Barberton commutes

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

51%

27%

20%

51%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barberton is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barberton are

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

Jobs based in Barberton

853 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Barberton residents hold

3,748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+71%

Jobs based in Barberton, 2013 → 2023: 498 → 853. 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.