Work & commute · Burns

Work & commute in Burns, TN

Most working residents leave Burns for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dickson (15%), Franklin (7%) and Brentwood (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 962 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 956 Burns residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burns.

956live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burns goes to work

Dickson2.7 mi away

15%148

Franklin28 mi away

7%67

Brentwood31 mi away

3%27

Berry Hill31.2 mi away

2%20

Charlotte8.9 mi away

2%20

Clarksville35.2 mi away

2%15

Murfreesboro52.2 mi away

1%14

Memphis162.6 mi away

1%12

White Bluff6.8 mi away

1%11

Ashland City21.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%617

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

How far

How far Burns commutes

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

23%

12%

54%

11%

23%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

54%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burns is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burns are

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

Jobs based in Burns

247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Burns residents hold

962 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+19%

Jobs based in Burns, 2013 → 2023: 208 → 247. 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.