Photo: Public domain · Public domainMost of Burket commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Burket itself; outside it, Warsaw draws the most (32%, 9 miles). 25 jobs are based in Burket; 59 of its residents have a job. For 30% of workers, the job is at home, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Burket quiets down on a workday
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 87 people are in Burket on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Burket’s working residents head each day
Where Burket clocks in
32% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
A place that makes things: 60% of Burket’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burket, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 25. 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 Burket’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burket workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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 Burket
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 Burket: questions
What is the median household income in Burket?
$55,833 (±$26,492) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burket?
6.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burket?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burket work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (32%, 9 mi), Nappanee (5%, 20 mi), Mishawaka (3%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Burket without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burket, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burket
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.