Burr Oak School · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Burr Oak works elsewhere
Only 5% stay in Burr Oak for work; outside it, Mankato is the main destination (27%, 8 miles). 9 jobs are based in Burr Oak; 44 of its residents have a job. A typical one-way commute from Burr Oak lasts 22 minutes (Kansas 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Burr Oak by day and by night
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Burr Oak on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Commuting out of Burr Oak: the destinations
Where Burr Oak 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.
Jobs in Burr Oak: what the 9 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burr Oak, 2014 → 2024: 8 → 9. 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.
About 22 minutes to work from Burr Oak
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burr Oak workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Burr Oak
About 39% 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?
$32,500 (±$16,384) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burr Oak?
16.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burr Oak?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burr Oak work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mankato (27%, 8 mi), Beloit (11%, 30 mi), Jewell (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Burr Oak without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% 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.