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Work & commute in Burtons Bridge · A commuter town

99% of Burtons Bridge’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Burtons Bridge for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Crystal Lake (12%), McHenry (7%) and Chicago (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Work in town
1%
1 of 94 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
20%
More than IL (16%)
Jobs based here
45
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Burtons Bridge?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

12% of working residents work in Crystal Lake

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Holiday HillsTower LakesOakwood HillsLenaIsland LakeLincolnshire: 2 residents work here (2%)Lakemoor: 2 residents work here (2%)Lake Barrington: 2 residents work here (2%)Cary: 2 residents work here (2%)North ChicagoVernon Hills: 2 residents work here (2%)McHenry: 7 residents work here (7%)Schaumburg: 5 residents work here (5%)Crystal Lake: 11 residents work here (12%)Chicago: 7 residents work here (7%)Nunda: 3 residents work here (3%)McHenryBurtons BridgeCrystal LakeMcHenryChicagoSchaumburgNundaLincolnshireBurtons Bridge
1
Crystal Lake6.1 mi away
12%11
2
McHenry5.1 mi away
7%7
3
Chicago41.4 mi away
7%7
4
Schaumburg18.8 mi away
5%5
5
Nunda2.3 mi away
3%3
6
Lincolnshire17 mi away
2%2
7
Lakemoor4.4 mi away
2%2
8
Lake Barrington5.6 mi away
2%2
9
Cary4.6 mi away
2%2
10
Vernon Hills14.1 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%51
The top trips

Where Burtons Bridge clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Burtons Bridge quiets down on a workday

On a workday 93 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.

93live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
44work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday85
130live here− 93head out to work+ 44come in to work= 85on a workday

About 85 people are in Burtons Bridge on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.48jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Burtons Bridge commutes less than 15 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 miCrystal Lake: 12% · 6.1 miMcHenry: 7% · 5.1 miChicago: 7% · 41.4 miSchaumburg: 5% · 18.8 miNunda: 3% · 2.3 miLincolnshire: 2% · 17 miLakemoor: 2% · 4.4 miLake Barrington: 2% · 5.6 miCary: 2% · 4.6 miVernon Hills: 2% · 14.1 miCrystal Lake 12%McHenry 7%Chicago 7%Schaumburg 5%Nunda 3%Burtons Bridge
Burtons BridgeTop destinations (size = commuters)
34%Under 10 mi32 residents
34%10–24 mi32 residents
27%25–50 mi25 residents
5%Over 50 mi5 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in Burtons BridgeJobs Burtons Bridge residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms4%20%
Trade, transport & utilities0%28%
Services: health, schools, offices96%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less38%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%27%
Over $3,333 a month33%57%

Who does it

29 or younger33%34%
30 to 5436%48%
55 and older31%18%
+114%

Jobs based in Burtons Bridge, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 45. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Burtons Bridge

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
20%

of Burtons Bridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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