Work & commute · Burke

Work & commute in Burke, MN

Most working residents leave Burke for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Edgerton (35%), Pipestone (12%) and Sioux Falls (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 108 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 106 Burke residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burke.

106live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burke goes to work

Edgerton7.8 mi away

35%38

Pipestone9.7 mi away

12%13

Sioux Falls, SD43.6 mi away

6%6

Osborne6.3 mi away

5%5

Luverne23.6 mi away

4%4

Adrian26.1 mi away

3%3

Albert Lea139.1 mi away

3%3

Woodstock1.9 mi away

2%2

Wells119.9 mi away

2%2

Worthington35.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%30

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

How far

How far Burke commutes

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

57%

13%

12%

18%

57%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burke is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burke are

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

Jobs based in Burke

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Burke residents hold

108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−3%

Jobs based in Burke, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 57. 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 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.