With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Burnside works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Burnside itself; outside it, St. Michaels draws the most (16%, 30 miles). 34 jobs are based in Burnside, against 170 working residents. 5% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Arizona.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Burnside
On a workday 170 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Burnside on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Burnside: the destinations
Where Burnside clocks in
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Burnside makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burnside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Arizona
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burnside workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Burnside
About 39% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Burnside: questions
What is the median household income in Burnside?
$29,688 (±$13,363) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burnside?
47.5%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burnside?
21 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burnside work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Michaels (16%, 30 mi), Ganado (9%, 6 mi), Fort Defiance (7%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Burnside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burnside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burnside
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.