Work & commute · Burke Centre

Work & commute in Burke Centre, VA

Most working residents leave Burke Centre for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (13%), Springfield (10%) and Arlington (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

188 of 7,622 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,434 Burke Centre residents head out of town to work, 188 work right here, and 2,793 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burke Centre.

7,434live here, work elsewhere

188live and work here

2,793work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burke Centre goes to work

Washington, DC17.2 mi away

13%964

Springfield6.3 mi away

10%799

Arlington12.3 mi away

8%574

Tysons9.8 mi away

6%423

Alexandria11.9 mi away

4%273

Fair Oaks6 mi away

3%247

Reston11.4 mi away

3%239

Chantilly10.2 mi away

3%216

Fairfax4.3 mi away

3%202

Burke Centre (in town)right here

2%188

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%3,497

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

How far

How far Burke Centre commutes

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

43%

48%

43%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burke Centre is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burke Centre are

2,981 jobs are based in Burke Centre. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burke Centre’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burke Centre

2,981 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Burke Centre residents hold

7,622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

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Jobs based in Burke Centre, 2013 → 2023: 2,973 → 2,981. 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.