Work & commute · Burke

Work & commute in Burke, WI

Most working residents leave Burke for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (51%), Sun Prairie (8%) and Middleton (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 1,658 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,632 Burke residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 2,530 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burke.

1,632live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

2,530work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burke goes to work

Madison7.4 mi away

51%849

Sun Prairie5 mi away

8%136

Middleton9.6 mi away

3%53

Waunakee5.4 mi away

2%36

DeForest4.2 mi away

2%35

Milwaukee69.4 mi away

2%34

Fitchburg13.5 mi away

2%29

Burke (in town)right here

2%26

Monona8 mi away

1%23

Verona16 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%415

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.

55%

27%

13%

55%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burke is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Burke are

2,556 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

2,556 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Burke residents hold

1,658 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+7%

Jobs based in Burke, 2013 → 2023: 2,399 → 2,556. 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.