Work & commute · Burgin

Work & commute in Burgin, KY

Most working residents leave Burgin for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (21%), Harrodsburg (16%) and Danville (11%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 401 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 387 Burgin residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burgin.

387live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

239work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burgin goes to work

Lexington-Fayette urban county25.6 mi away

21%84

Harrodsburg4.9 mi away

16%65

Danville8.2 mi away

11%45

Burgin (in town)right here

3%14

Nicholasville14.1 mi away

3%13

Frankfort30.8 mi away

3%12

Bardstown38.2 mi away

1%6

Richmond25.3 mi away

1%6

Winchester35.4 mi away

1%4

Jeffersontown53.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%148

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

How far

How far Burgin commutes

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

40%

25%

21%

15%

40%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burgin is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burgin are

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

Jobs based in Burgin

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Burgin residents hold

401 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−20%

Jobs based in Burgin, 2013 → 2023: 316 → 253. 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.