Work & commute · Burt

Work & commute in Burt, MI

Most working residents leave Burt for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Petoskey (12%), Tuscarora (9%) and Bear Creek (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 223 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 221 Burt residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burt.

221live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burt goes to work

Petoskey20.7 mi away

12%26

Tuscarora6.6 mi away

9%21

Bear Creek17 mi away

7%16

Gaylord34.6 mi away

4%8

Mentor13.3 mi away

4%8

Little Traverse13.9 mi away

4%8

Littlefield9 mi away

3%6

Boyne Valley28.3 mi away

2%5

Alpena67.6 mi away

2%5

Onaway23.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%116

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

How far

How far Burt commutes

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

17%

36%

10%

37%

17%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burt is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burt are

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

Jobs based in Burt

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Burt residents hold

223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−1%

Jobs based in Burt, 2011 → 2021: 130 → 129. 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.