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Work & commute · Burnham

Work & commute in Burnham, IL

Most working residents leave Burnham for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (37%), Calumet City (3%) and South Holland (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
42 of 1,413 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
37 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,371 Burnham residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 646 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burnham.

1,371live here, work elsewhere
42live and work here
646work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Burnham goes to work

BurnhamCrestwoodDoltonMarkhamHarveySouth HollandCalumet CityLansingOak LawnChicagoRockfordDyerHammondThorntonChicagoCalumet CitySouth HollandLansingHammondCrestwoodMarkhamOak LawnDoltonBurnham
1
Chicago15.4 mi away
37%525
2
Calumet City3 mi away
3%49
3
Burnham (in town)right here
3%42
4
South Holland4.1 mi away
2%28
5
Lansing5.1 mi away
2%25
6
Hammond, IN2.9 mi away
2%24
7
Crestwood10.1 mi away
1%16
8
Markham8 mi away
1%16
9
Oak Lawn11.9 mi away
1%16
10
Dolton2.8 mi away
1%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%657

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

How far

How far Burnham commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
7%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Burnham is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burnham are

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

Jobs based in Burnham

688 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities60%
Services (health, schools, offices…)37%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Burnham residents hold

1,413 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+37%

Jobs based in Burnham, 2013 → 2023: 501 → 688. 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.

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