Work & commute · Burlington

Work & commute in Burlington, MI

Most working residents leave Burlington for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Battle Creek (18%), Coldwater (6%) and Emmett (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 655 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 639 Burlington residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burlington.

639live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burlington goes to work

Battle Creek14.1 mi away

18%116

Coldwater13 mi away

6%41

Emmett11.7 mi away

5%35

Athens6.1 mi away

5%32

Marshall12.9 mi away

4%26

Kalamazoo26.5 mi away

4%25

Portage24.9 mi away

3%22

Burlington (in town)right here

2%16

Lansing50.4 mi away

2%15

Union5.5 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%312

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

How far

How far Burlington commutes

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

13%

48%

14%

25%

13%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burlington is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burlington are

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

Jobs based in Burlington

210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Burlington residents hold

655 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−67%

Jobs based in Burlington, 2011 → 2021: 641 → 210. 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.