Work & commute · Burleson

Work & commute in Burleson, TX

Most working residents leave Burleson for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (28%), Dallas (7%) and Arlington (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

2,586 of 23,846 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21,260 Burleson residents head out of town to work, 2,586 work right here, and 13,694 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burleson.

21,260live here, work elsewhere

2,586live and work here

13,694work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burleson goes to work

Fort Worth18.5 mi away

28%6,661

Burleson (in town)right here

11%2,586

Dallas37.7 mi away

7%1,650

Arlington17.3 mi away

6%1,518

Mansfield12.4 mi away

3%635

Irving31.4 mi away

2%556

Cleburne12.2 mi away

2%514

Crowley4.8 mi away

2%456

Grand Prairie21 mi away

2%438

Houston220.5 mi away

2%398

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%8,434

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

How far

How far Burleson commutes

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

24%

40%

22%

13%

24%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burleson is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burleson are

16,280 jobs are based in Burleson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burleson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burleson

16,280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Burleson residents hold

23,846 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+26%

Jobs based in Burleson, 2013 → 2023: 12,874 → 16,280. 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.