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Work & commute · Burke

Work & commute in Burke, VT

Most working residents leave Burke for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Lyndon (20%), St. Johnsbury (13%) and Derby (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
17%
101 of 606 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
23%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 505 Burke residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 441 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burke.

505live here, work elsewhere
101live and work here
441work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Burke goes to work

NewportBurlingtonLittletonHartfordVictoryBurkeEast HavenWaterfordDanvilleSuttonMorristownDerbySt. JohnsburySheffieldKirbyLyndonNewarkLyndonSt. JohnsburyDerbyNewportBurlingtonLittletonHartfordDanvilleMorristownBurke
1
Lyndon5.8 mi away
20%121
2
Burke (in town)right here
17%101
3
St. Johnsbury11 mi away
13%79
4
Derby25.6 mi away
3%17
5
Newport26.4 mi away
2%13
6
Burlington64.9 mi away
2%13
7
Littleton, NH19.7 mi away
2%13
8
Hartford69.2 mi away
2%10
9
Danville15.3 mi away
2%10
10
Morristown35.3 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%219

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%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Burke is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Burke are

542 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

542 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)82%
$1,250 a month or less35%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Burke residents hold

606 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month59%
+91%

Jobs based in Burke, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 542. 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.

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