Most of Burna commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
3 jobs are based in Burna for 87 working residents. Hardly any work in Burna; the top destination outside it is Salem (17%, 7 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 10% for Kentucky as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Burna by day and by night
On a workday 87 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 39 people are in Burna on a workday afternoon, 68% 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 Burna’s working residents head each day
Where Burna clocks in
17% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Burna
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burna, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 3. 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 Burna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Burna
of Burna workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 commuters (the 0% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Burna
About 22% 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 Burna: questions
What is the poverty rate in Burna?
30.1%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Burna work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (17%, 7 mi), Paducah (7%, 20 mi), Marion (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Burna 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 Burna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burna
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.