Work & commute · Burton

Work & commute in Burton, MI

Most working residents leave Burton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (14%), Flint (7%) and Grand Blanc (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

866 of 10,192 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 9,326 Burton residents head out of town to work, 866 work right here, and 9,849 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burton.

9,326live here, work elsewhere

866live and work here

9,849work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burton goes to work

Flint4.1 mi away

14%1,473

Burton (in town)right here

8%866

Flint7.5 mi away

7%748

Grand Blanc6 mi away

6%646

Warren46.2 mi away

3%290

Mundy9.5 mi away

2%241

Davison5.2 mi away

2%189

Fenton14.7 mi away

2%186

Lansing51.7 mi away

2%186

Troy37.5 mi away

2%174

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%5,193

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

How far

How far Burton commutes

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

47%

11%

27%

16%

47%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Burton are

10,715 jobs are based in Burton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burton

10,715 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Burton residents hold

10,192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+34%

Jobs based in Burton, 2011 → 2021: 8,014 → 10,715. 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.