Work & commute · Burbank

Work & commute in Burbank, CA

About one in 4 of Burbank’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (40%), Glendale (6%) and Pasadena (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

11,904 of 48,133 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 36,229 Burbank residents head out of town to work, 11,904 work right here, and 166,745 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burbank.

36,229live here, work elsewhere

11,904live and work here

166,745work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burbank goes to work

Los Angeles12.7 mi away

40%19,314

Burbank (in town)right here

25%11,904

Glendale4.6 mi away

6%2,885

Pasadena11 mi away

2%1,047

Culver City13.4 mi away

1%612

Santa Monica15.8 mi away

1%530

Beverly Hills8.8 mi away

1%516

San Diego116.8 mi away

1%441

Santa Clarita18.5 mi away

1%409

San Francisco359.1 mi away

1%364

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%10,111

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

How far

How far Burbank commutes

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

61%

24%

61%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burbank is a job hub

3.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Burbank are

178,649 jobs are based in Burbank. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burbank’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burbank

178,649 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Burbank residents hold

48,133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+34%

Jobs based in Burbank, 2013 → 2023: 133,596 → 178,649. 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.