Burgess Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
106 jobs are based in Burgess Township, against 882 working residents. For jobs and income Burgess Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (D). Only 2% work in Burgess Township; the top destination outside it is Greenville (14%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Burgess Township, in brief
Burgess Township is a place people come home to
There are 106 jobs based in Burgess Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Burgess Township has about 1,400 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. 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; with 882 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Burgess Township: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Burgess Township’s grade up (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($65,461, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Burgess Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Burgess Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
How many people are in Burgess Township by day
On a workday 866 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Burgess Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where in the region Burgess Township works
About 30% 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.
Where people from Burgess Township work
Where Burgess Township clocks in
14% of workers
4% 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 kinds of work in Burgess Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burgess Township, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 106. 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 Burgess Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Burgess Township spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burgess Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 737 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Few in Burgess Township walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 810 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.4% of Burgess Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Burgess Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Burgess Township comes 2,855th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 30 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 32 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,853 | Rainier WA | 2,495 | $106K | 14.6% | 5.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,854 | Milton WV | 2,792 | $46K | 23.3% | 0.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,855 | Burgess Township IL | 2,140 | $65K | 11.6% | 3.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,856 | Marion Township OH | 2,453 | $91K | 9.9% | 6.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,857 | Cherryhill Township PA | 2,421 | $67K | 9.3% | 3.8% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Burgess Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Burgess Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Burgess Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgess Township | – | C+ | D | 29 min | $65,461 |
| Mills Township | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Old Ripley Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| St. Rose Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $107,458 |
| Saline Township | under 2% | A | B | 25 min | $105,903 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mills Township and Old Ripley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Burgess Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Burgess Township: questions
What is the median household income in Burgess Township?
$65,461 (±$13,171) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burgess Township?
11.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burgess Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burgess Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (14%, 11 mi), Highland (10%, 8 mi), Springfield (4%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Burgess Township walkable?
Burgess Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Burgess Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burgess Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burgess Township
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.