Barre is a somewhat small city located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 8,430 people and three associated neighborhoods, Barre is the 13th largest community in Vermont. Much of the housing stock in Barre was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Barre is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Barre is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Barre who work in office and administrative support (14.02%), sales jobs (13.99%), and teaching (8.14%). Also of interest is that Barre has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.72% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The overall education level of Barre citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.55% of adults in Barre have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Barre in 2022 was $33,285, which is low income relative to Vermont, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,140 for a family of four. However, Barre contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Barre home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Barre residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Barre include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Barre is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
