Work & commute · Burnside

Work & commute in Burnside, MI

Most working residents leave Burnside for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Imlay City (9%), Sterling Heights (5%) and Marlette (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 863 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 844 Burnside residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burnside.

844live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burnside goes to work

Imlay City14 mi away

9%79

Sterling Heights44.1 mi away

5%42

Marlette7.4 mi away

4%37

Brown City3.8 mi away

3%30

Lapeer18 mi away

3%28

Auburn Hills38.7 mi away

3%28

Warren50.2 mi away

3%23

Shelby37.8 mi away

3%22

Detroit57.8 mi away

2%21

Bruce25.9 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%532

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

How far

How far Burnside commutes

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

13%

24%

39%

23%

13%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burnside is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burnside are

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

Jobs based in Burnside

154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Burnside residents hold

863 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+11%

Jobs based in Burnside, 2011 → 2021: 139 → 154. 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.