Work & commute · Burgess

Work & commute in Burgess, IL

Most working residents leave Burgess for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (14%), Highland (10%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 882 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 866 Burgess residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burgess.

866live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

90work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burgess goes to work

Greenville11 mi away

14%124

Highland7.6 mi away

10%86

Springfield69.7 mi away

4%34

Edwardsville23.8 mi away

3%28

Vandalia26.9 mi away

3%27

Breese11.9 mi away

3%25

Chicago232.6 mi away

2%18

Decatur80.9 mi away

2%17

Maryville22.8 mi away

2%15

Mattoon79.5 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%493

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

How far

How far Burgess commutes

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

21%

29%

19%

30%

21%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burgess is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burgess are

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

Jobs based in Burgess

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Burgess residents hold

882 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+4%

Jobs based in Burgess, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 106. 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.