Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Burlingame commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 4% work in Burlingame; the top destination outside it is Topeka (33%, 21 miles). There are 137 jobs in Burlingame, and 462 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 43 minutes each way; Kansas averages 20, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Burlingame, in brief
Burlingame workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 176 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
One in three of Burlingame works in Topeka
153 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Topeka, 21 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Burlingame itself. The commute map ↓
Burlingame is a place people come home to
There are 137 jobs based in Burlingame, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Burlingame has about 600 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 462 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily trip from Burlingame: about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burlingame workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 356 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
The towns that employ Burlingame’s residents
Where Burlingame clocks in
33% 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.
A workday in Burlingame: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 444 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Burlingame on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
What Burlingame’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burlingame, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 137. 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 Burlingame’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Burlingame
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.
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 Burlingame: questions
What is the median household income in Burlingame?
$60,202 (±$19,769) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burlingame?
9.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burlingame?
43 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burlingame work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Topeka (33%, 21 mi), Overland Park (4%, 62 mi), Osage City (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Burlingame 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 Burlingame, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burlingame
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.