Work & commute · Burley

Work & commute in Burley, WA

Most working residents leave Burley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (15%), Gig Harbor (8%) and Bremerton (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 647 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 644 Burley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 240 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burley.

644live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

240work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burley goes to work

Seattle19.6 mi away

15%100

Gig Harbor5.9 mi away

8%54

Bremerton9.2 mi away

8%50

Port Orchard8.4 mi away

6%39

Tacoma14.2 mi away

5%34

Silverdale17.5 mi away

4%26

Kent20.2 mi away

4%23

East Port Orchard7.2 mi away

3%22

Purdy2.3 mi away

3%22

Olympia28.5 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%266

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

How far

How far Burley commutes

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

32%

50%

11%

32%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burley is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burley are

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

Jobs based in Burley

243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Burley residents hold

647 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+71%

Jobs based in Burley, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 243. 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.