Work & commute · Burton

Work & commute in Burton, TX

Most working residents leave Burton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (22%), Brenham (14%) and Austin (8%). Half commute less than 66 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 169 working residents

Typical commute

66 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 164 Burton residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burton.

164live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burton goes to work

Houston77.7 mi away

22%37

Brenham12.5 mi away

14%23

Austin69.1 mi away

8%14

Bryan35.7 mi away

4%6

Burton (in town)right here

3%5

Giddings19.4 mi away

2%3

Somerville11.8 mi away

1%2

Conroe67.5 mi away

1%2

Georgetown73.3 mi away

1%2

The Woodlands65.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%73

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

How far

How far Burton commutes

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

13%

20%

60%

13%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

60%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Burton are

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

Jobs based in Burton

161 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Burton residents hold

169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+137%

Jobs based in Burton, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 161. 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.