Work & commute · Burns

Work & commute in Burns, KS

Most working residents leave Burns for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (13%), Newton (12%) and Goessel (9%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 90 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 89 Burns residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burns.

89live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burns goes to work

Wichita37.4 mi away

13%12

Newton25.1 mi away

12%11

Goessel27.2 mi away

9%8

Hillsboro24.8 mi away

9%8

Hesston29.5 mi away

9%8

Marion19.3 mi away

6%5

Florence10.8 mi away

4%4

Peabody13 mi away

4%4

Moundridge35 mi away

4%4

North Newton25 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%24

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.

37%

49%

12%

1%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burns is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burns are

17 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

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Burns residents hold

90 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−35%

Jobs based in Burns, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 17. 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.