Work & commute · Burton

Work & commute in Burton, SC

Most working residents leave Burton for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Beaufort (21%), Hilton Head Island (7%) and Bluffton (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

245 of 2,319 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,074 Burton residents head out of town to work, 245 work right here, and 5,019 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burton.

2,074live here, work elsewhere

245live and work here

5,019work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burton goes to work

Beaufort2.5 mi away

21%490

Burton (in town)right here

11%245

Hilton Head Island16.2 mi away

7%159

Bluffton18.2 mi away

6%136

Port Royal5.4 mi away

5%122

Columbia112 mi away

3%58

Charleston52.6 mi away

2%51

North Charleston52 mi away

2%47

Savannah, GA38.9 mi away

2%43

Mount Pleasant57.5 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%942

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.

45%

25%

24%

45%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burton is a job hub

2.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Burton are

5,264 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

5,264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Burton residents hold

2,319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+159%

Jobs based in Burton, 2013 → 2023: 2,033 → 5,264. 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.