Photo: Public domain · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Burlington works elsewhere
For jobs and income Burlington is better than 91% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (C+). There are 3,003 jobs in Burlington, and 8,505 of its residents work somewhere. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Burlington at work: what stands out
Where Burlington’s Jobs & income grade comes from
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Burlington’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Burlington could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Burlington quiets down on a workday
On a workday 8,138 residents head out to work, 367 work right here, and 2,636 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Burlington on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
14% of working residents work in Florence
Where Burlington clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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 Burlington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burlington, 2013 → 2023: 2,479 → 3,003. 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 Burlington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Burlington’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burlington workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,448 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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.
Where in the region Burlington works
About 18% 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.
The commute in Burlington is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,693 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.9% of Burlington households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Burlington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Burlington places 269th of 1,822 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 267 | Whitemarsh Township PA | 20,198 | $149K | 3.8% | 5.0% | 7% | A |
| 268 | Hilltown Township PA | 16,884 | $134K | 4.7% | 3.7% | 6% | A |
| 269 | Burlington KY | 18,008 | $109K | 5.5% | 2.5% | 4% | A |
| 270 | Concord MO | 18,368 | $89K | 3.9% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 271 | Naples FL | 20,114 | $153K | 6.5% | 2.3% | 27% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 401 | Fort Thomas KY | 17,142 | $104K | 6.1% | 3.5% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 651 | Mount Washington KY | 18,989 | $96K | 5.3% | 4.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 656 | St. Matthews KY | 17,868 | $82K | 7.2% | 3.8% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Burlington, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
Work in the towns next to Burlington
The biggest share goes to Hebron (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Burlington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington | – | A | C+ | 23 min | $109,308 |
| Oakbrook | under 3% | A+ | C | 27 min | $94,652 |
| Hebron | 5% | A− | C+ | 22 min | $106,719 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Burlington’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 Burlington: questions
What is the median household income in Burlington?
$109,308 (±$13,474) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burlington?
5.5%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burlington?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burlington work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Florence (14%, 4 mi), Cincinnati (8%, 14 mi), Hebron (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Burlington walkable?
Burlington is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Burlington without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burlington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burlington
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.