Work & commute · Burlington Junction

Work & commute in Burlington Junction, MO

Most working residents leave Burlington Junction for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Maryville (26%), St. Joseph (12%) and Clarinda (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 198 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 194 Burlington Junction residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burlington Junction.

194live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burlington Junction goes to work

Maryville12.6 mi away

26%51

St. Joseph49.2 mi away

12%23

Clarinda, IA20.2 mi away

6%11

Hopkins15 mi away

5%10

Kansas City95.3 mi away

3%6

Polk12.4 mi away

3%6

Shenandoah, IA26.8 mi away

2%4

Burlington Junction (in town)right here

2%4

Chillicothe92 mi away

2%4

Nodaway2.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%75

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

How far

How far Burlington Junction commutes

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

44%

16%

34%

5%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burlington Junction is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burlington Junction are

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

Jobs based in Burlington Junction

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Burlington Junction residents hold

198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+37%

Jobs based in Burlington Junction, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 48. 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.