Household incomes in Burbank top those of 92% of U.S. towns
Burbank grades A for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. The poverty rate is 11.1% (California 12.0%). Hardly any work in Burbank itself; outside it, San Jose draws the most (36%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Burbank stands out on work
Burbank and San Jose trade workers both ways
San Jose is the top workplace for Burbank residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Burbank come from (52% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Burbank is a place people come home to
There are 391 jobs based in Burbank, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Burbank has about 3,500 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Burbank
74% of Burbank residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 55% of the jobs based in Burbank pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 100% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Most Burbank residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Burbank
Job access by car holds Burbank’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Burbank could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Where people from Burbank work
Where Burbank clocks in
36% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Burbank
On a workday 2,181 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 386 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Burbank on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.18 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Burbank
391 jobs are based in Burbank.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burbank, 2013 → 2023: 386 → 391. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
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 Burbank’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Burbank to work
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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Burbank
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burbank workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,332 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Burbank is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Burbank is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #20 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Burbank near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,831 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 66% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 10.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 94% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.1% of Burbank households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 10% of Burbank’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,200, Burbank ranks 339th of 3,651 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 337 | Riga NY | 5,471 | $101K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 9% | A |
| 338 | Marilla NY | 5,119 | $93K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 7% | A |
| 339 | Burbank CA | 5,333 | $135K | 11.1% | 1.4% | <1% | A |
| 340 | North Caldwell NJ | 6,815 | $208K | 1.7% | 6.0% | 3% | A |
| 341 | Westmoreland NY | 5,834 | $105K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,651 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Burbank, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Burbank: questions
What is the median household income in Burbank?
$134,518 (±$28,053) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burbank?
11.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burbank?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burbank work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Jose (36%, 7 mi), Santa Clara (7%, 4 mi), Sunnyvale (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Burbank walkable?
Burbank is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.6 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Burbank without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 66% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burbank, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burbank
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.