Work & commute · Burnham

Work & commute in Burnham, PA

Most working residents leave Burnham for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Derry (12%), Lewistown (10%) and Granville (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

104 of 1,083 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 979 Burnham residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 1,285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burnham.

979live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

1,285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burnham goes to work

Derry1.5 mi away

12%127

Lewistown2.6 mi away

10%109

Burnham (in town)right here

10%104

Granville4.8 mi away

7%74

Armagh9.7 mi away

5%55

College18.2 mi away

4%47

Union8.1 mi away

2%19

Ferguson21.3 mi away

2%18

Walker14.3 mi away

2%17

State College18.8 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%498

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

How far

How far Burnham commutes

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

47%

17%

19%

47%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burnham is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Burnham are

1,389 jobs are based in Burnham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burnham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burnham

1,389 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Burnham residents hold

1,083 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−8%

Jobs based in Burnham, 2013 → 2023: 1,507 → 1,389. 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.