Work & commute · Burbank

Work & commute in Burbank, WA

Most working residents leave Burbank for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Pasco (17%), Kennewick (11%) and Walla Walla (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

99 of 1,043 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 944 Burbank residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 1,345 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burbank.

944live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

1,345work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burbank goes to work

Pasco8.1 mi away

17%182

Kennewick9.2 mi away

11%119

Burbank (in town)right here

9%99

Walla Walla32.3 mi away

6%67

Spokane125.1 mi away

3%36

Prescott32.8 mi away

2%25

Richland16.1 mi away

2%23

Seattle186.8 mi away

2%22

Spokane Valley130.6 mi away

2%18

Pullman93.9 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%438

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

How far

How far Burbank commutes

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

42%

16%

27%

42%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burbank is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Burbank are

1,444 jobs are based in Burbank. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burbank’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burbank

1,444 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Burbank residents hold

1,043 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−38%

Jobs based in Burbank, 2013 → 2023: 2,313 → 1,444. 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.