Work & commute · Burke

Work & commute in Burke, SD

About one in 4 of Burke’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Gregory (10%), Sioux Falls (7%) and Bonesteel (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

68 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 192 Burke residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 322 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burke.

192live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

322work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burke goes to work

Burke (in town)right here

26%68

Gregory7.2 mi away

10%27

Sioux Falls131 mi away

7%18

Bonesteel18.9 mi away

5%14

Brookings147.1 mi away

2%6

Pleasant Valley17.2 mi away

2%6

Wagner51 mi away

2%5

Pierre97 mi away

2%5

Madison123.2 mi away

2%4

Spencer, NE36.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%104

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

How far

How far Burke commutes

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

49%

12%

32%

49%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burke is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burke are

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

Jobs based in Burke

390 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Burke residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month44%

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Jobs based in Burke, 2013 → 2023: 389 → 390. 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.