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Jobs & commute in Burrows

Burrows has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any work in Burrows; the top destination outside it is Lafayette (21%, 27 miles). 6 jobs are based in Burrows, and 52 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 11% across Indiana.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Burrows by day

On a workday 52 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

52live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday92
140live here− 52head out to work+ 6come in to work= 92on a workday

About 92 people are in Burrows on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.12jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Burrows ends

Urbana: 1 residents work here (2%)Danville: 1 residents work here (2%)FloraDelphi: 1 residents work here (2%)Monticello: 1 residents work here (2%)Frankfort: 5 residents work here (10%)Logansport: 5 residents work here (10%)West Lafayette: 2 residents work here (4%)Kokomo: 2 residents work here (4%)Lafayette: 11 residents work here (21%)Union TownshipRock Creek TownshipMonroe TownshipLiberty TownshipIndianapolis: 4 residents work here (8%)BurrowsLafayetteFrankfortLogansportIndianapolisWest LafayetteKokomoBurrows
1
Lafayette26.7 mi away
21%11
2
Frankfort27.5 mi away
10%5
3
Logansport9.5 mi away
10%5
4
Indianapolis65 mi away
8%4
5
West Lafayette27.1 mi away
4%2
6
Kokomo24.8 mi away
4%2
7
Urbana, IL97.1 mi away
2%1
8
Danville, IL68.7 mi away
2%1
9
Delphi10.5 mi away
2%1
10
Monticello14.3 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%19
The top trips

Where Burrows clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Burrows makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods

Jobs based in BurrowsJobs Burrows residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%42%
Trade, transport & utilities0%15%
Services: health, schools, offices0%42%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month83%13%
Over $3,333 a month17%73%

Who does it

29 or younger50%23%
30 to 5450%42%
55 and older0%35%
+0%

Jobs based in Burrows, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 6. 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 Burrows’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Burrows

Working from home
0%

of Burrows workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Burrows gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 62 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Burrows

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLafayette: 21% · 26.7 miFrankfort: 10% · 27.5 miLogansport: 10% · 9.5 miIndianapolis: 8% · 65 miWest Lafayette: 4% · 27.1 miKokomo: 4% · 24.8 miUrbana: 2% · 97.1 miDanville: 2% · 68.7 miDelphi: 2% · 10.5 miMonticello: 2% · 14.3 miLafayette 21%Frankfort 10%Logansport 10%Indianapolis 8%West Lafayette 4%Burrows
BurrowsTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi7 residents
25%10–24 mi13 residents
33%25–50 mi17 residents
29%Over 50 mi15 residents

About 29% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Burrows: questions

What is the median household income in Burrows?

$70,500 (±$25,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Burrows?

0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Burrows work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (21%, 27 mi), Frankfort (10%, 28 mi), Logansport (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Burrows without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Burrows, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Burrows

Burrows home →

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.