Work & commute · Burke

Work & commute in Burke, VA

Most working residents leave Burke for work: only 3% 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

464 of 17,790 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,326 Burke residents head out of town to work, 464 work right here, and 3,187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burke.

17,326live here, work elsewhere

464live and work here

3,187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burke goes to work

Washington, DC15.9 mi away

13%2,327

Springfield4.2 mi away

10%1,773

Arlington11.1 mi away

8%1,452

Tysons10.1 mi away

6%994

Alexandria10.1 mi away

5%885

Fair Oaks7.9 mi away

3%618

Reston12.9 mi away

3%530

Burke (in town)right here

3%464

Chantilly12.4 mi away

2%399

Fairfax5.6 mi away

2%350

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%7,998

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

How far

How far Burke commutes

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

42%

48%

42%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burke is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burke are

3,651 jobs are based in Burke. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burke’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burke

3,651 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Burke residents hold

17,790 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+10%

Jobs based in Burke, 2013 → 2023: 3,332 → 3,651. 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.