Work & commute · Burleigh

Work & commute in Burleigh, MI

Most working residents leave Burleigh for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tawas City (7%), Plainfield (6%) and West Branch (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 236 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 229 Burleigh residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burleigh.

229live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burleigh goes to work

Tawas City15.5 mi away

7%16

Plainfield15.4 mi away

6%13

West Branch21.1 mi away

4%10

Baldwin19.1 mi away

3%8

Burleigh (in town)right here

3%7

Alpena64.8 mi away

3%7

Au Gres12.7 mi away

3%6

Midland44.8 mi away

2%5

Beaver38.2 mi away

2%5

Sherman5.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%154

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

How far

How far Burleigh commutes

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

11%

34%

15%

40%

11%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burleigh is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burleigh are

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

Jobs based in Burleigh

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Burleigh residents hold

236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−32%

Jobs based in Burleigh, 2011 → 2021: 133 → 91. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.