Work & commute · Burns

Work & commute in Burns, IL

Most working residents leave Burns for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Geneseo (11%), Kewanee (11%) and East Moline (10%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 89 working residents
Typical commute
27 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 89 Burns residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burns.

89live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
24work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Burns goes to work

WalnutBudaHopewellSheffieldAnnawanGalvaColonaGeneseoMilanKewaneeLockportRock IslandDeKalbMolineEast MolineChicagoMilwaukeeCambridgeCornwallKewaneeBurnsGeneseoKewaneeEast MolineAnnawanMolineMilanRock IslandChicagoWalnutSheffieldBurns
1
Geneseo13.5 mi away
11%10
2
Kewanee6.1 mi away
11%10
3
East Moline24.9 mi away
10%9
4
Annawan10.9 mi away
4%4
5
Moline27.8 mi away
4%4
6
Milan29.6 mi away
3%3
7
Rock Island31.6 mi away
3%3
8
Chicago127.3 mi away
3%3
9
Walnut29.8 mi away
2%2
10
Sheffield16.1 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%39

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

How far

How far Burns commutes

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

16%Under 10 mi
32%10–24 mi
32%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Burns is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burns are

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

Jobs based in Burns

24 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities83%
Services (health, schools, offices…)8%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Burns residents hold

89 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+33%

Jobs based in Burns, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 24. 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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