Burr Oak Savings Bank · Photo: Jonathunder · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Burr Oak commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Burr Oak has 3 jobs, and 76 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Burr Oak itself; outside it, Decorah draws the most (41%, 12 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Iowa as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Burr Oak on a workday
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Burr Oak on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Burr Oak’s residents
Where Burr Oak clocks in
41% of workers
12% 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.
67% of the jobs in Burr Oak make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burr Oak, 2014 → 2024: 4 → 3. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burr Oak’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Burr Oak: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burr Oak workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 105 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% 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.
Miles to work from Burr Oak
About 20% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Burr Oak: questions
What is the median household income in Burr Oak?
$56,250 (±$45,272) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burr Oak?
44.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burr Oak?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burr Oak work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Decorah (41%, 12 mi), Cresco (12%, 14 mi), Ridgeway (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Burr Oak without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burr Oak, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burr Oak
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.