Work & commute · Burrton

Work & commute in Burrton, KS

Most working residents leave Burrton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (24%), Halstead (14%) and Newton (11%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 415 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 395 Burrton residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burrton.

395live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burrton goes to work

Wichita29.1 mi away

24%100

Halstead9 mi away

14%59

Newton17.8 mi away

11%45

Hutchinson13.2 mi away

8%34

Hesston15.5 mi away

6%23

Burrton (in town)right here

5%20

Valley Center21.2 mi away

2%7

Overland Park172 mi away

2%7

Topeka127.6 mi away

2%7

Moundridge15 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%107

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

How far

How far Burrton commutes

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

21%

39%

28%

12%

21%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burrton is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burrton are

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

Jobs based in Burrton

281 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Burrton residents hold

415 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+59%

Jobs based in Burrton, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 281. 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.