Work & commute · Burkburnett

Work & commute in Burkburnett, TX

Most working residents leave Burkburnett for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita Falls (41%), Fort Worth (2%) and Dallas (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

781 of 4,139 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 3,358 Burkburnett residents head out of town to work, 781 work right here, and 1,436 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burkburnett.

3,358live here, work elsewhere

781live and work here

1,436work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burkburnett goes to work

Wichita Falls11.9 mi away

41%1,711

Burkburnett (in town)right here

19%781

Fort Worth113.7 mi away

2%76

Dallas136.5 mi away

2%71

Iowa Park10.1 mi away

1%53

Lubbock193.9 mi away

1%45

Abilene130.8 mi away

1%43

Irving124.7 mi away

1%40

Austin265.2 mi away

1%31

Houston350 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,260

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

How far

How far Burkburnett commutes

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

31%

41%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burkburnett is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burkburnett are

2,217 jobs are based in Burkburnett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burkburnett’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burkburnett

2,217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Burkburnett residents hold

4,139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−7%

Jobs based in Burkburnett, 2013 → 2023: 2,379 → 2,217. 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.