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Work & commute in Burdett · A commuter town

100% of Burdett’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Burdett for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dix (13%), Ithaca (11%) and Ithaca (11%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 136 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
19 min
Less than NY (33 min)
Work from home
9%
Less than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
14
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Burdett?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

13% of working residents work in Dix

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

BurdettIthaca: 15 residents work here (11%)Elmira: 4 residents work here (3%)Rochester: 3 residents work here (2%)FairfieldThurstonLansing: 5 residents work here (4%)EnfieldUlysses: 8 residents work here (6%)Covert: 4 residents work here (3%)OvidDix: 17 residents work here (13%)Montour: 4 residents work here (3%)VeteranHector: 12 residents work here (9%)ErwinIthaca: 15 residents work here (11%)DixIthacaIthacaHectorUlyssesLansingBurdett
1
Dix6.4 mi away
13%17
2
Ithaca17.5 mi away
11%15
3
Ithaca15.5 mi away
11%15
4
Hector4.2 mi away
9%12
5
Ulysses13.3 mi away
6%8
6
Lansing19 mi away
4%5
7
Elmira22.4 mi away
3%4
8
Covert13.8 mi away
3%4
9
Montour5.4 mi away
3%4
10
Rochester65.1 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%49
The top trips

Where Burdett clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
142 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Burdett19 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

of Burdett workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Burdett quiets down on a workday

On a workday 136 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.

136live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
14work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night540
Workday410
540live here− 140head out to work+ 14come in to work= 410on a workday

About 410 people are in Burdett on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.10jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Burdett commutes less than 18 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miDix: 13% · 6.4 miIthaca: 11% · 17.5 miIthaca: 11% · 15.5 miHector: 9% · 4.2 miUlysses: 6% · 13.3 miLansing: 4% · 19 miElmira: 3% · 22.4 miCovert: 3% · 13.8 miMontour: 3% · 5.4 miRochester: 2% · 65.1 miDix 13%Ithaca 11%Ithaca 11%Hector 9%Ulysses 6%Burdett
BurdettTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi35 residents
50%10–24 mi68 residents
4%25–50 mi5 residents
21%Over 50 mi28 residents

About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Burdett makes things: 36% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in BurdettJobs Burdett residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms36%21%
Trade, transport & utilities64%13%
Services: health, schools, offices0%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%32%
Over $3,333 a month7%54%

Who does it

29 or younger50%20%
30 to 5450%53%
55 and older0%27%
−13%

Jobs based in Burdett, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 14. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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