Work & commute · Burk

Work & commute in Burk, SD

Most working residents leave Burk for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (50%), Lyons (11%) and Hartford (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 207 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 206 Burk residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burk.

206live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burk goes to work

Sioux Falls19 mi away

50%104

Lyons5.9 mi away

11%22

Hartford13.8 mi away

3%6

Lyons6.1 mi away

2%5

Grand Meadow8.4 mi away

2%4

Sioux City, IA93.3 mi away

1%3

South Sioux City, NE95.2 mi away

1%3

Colton5.1 mi away

1%3

Garretson17.5 mi away

1%3

Dell Rapids5.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%51

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

How far

How far Burk commutes

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

21%

62%

13%

21%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burk 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 Burk are

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

Jobs based in Burk

110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Burk residents hold

207 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+16%

Jobs based in Burk, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 110. 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.