Work & commute · Burlingame

Work & commute in Burlingame, KS

Most working residents leave Burlingame for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (33%), Overland Park (4%) and Osage City (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 462 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 444 Burlingame residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burlingame.

444live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burlingame goes to work

Topeka20.9 mi away

33%153

Burlingame (in town)right here

4%18

Overland Park62.4 mi away

4%18

Osage City8.2 mi away

4%17

Lawrence33.9 mi away

3%16

Wichita110.1 mi away

3%15

Olathe55.4 mi away

3%13

Lenexa57.4 mi away

3%12

Lyndon12.7 mi away

2%11

Topeka18.3 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%179

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

How far

How far Burlingame commutes

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

47%

15%

29%

9%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burlingame is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burlingame are

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

Jobs based in Burlingame

137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Burlingame residents hold

462 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+14%

Jobs based in Burlingame, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 137. 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.