Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: Burnside has 1.9 jobs per working resident, and 965 people come in to work
Burnside has 1,010 jobs, against 534 working residents. Commuters spend 16 minutes getting to work on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home; Kentucky has 10%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Burnside, in brief
Burnside is where the jobs are
Burnside has 1,010 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,200 people are in town, 65% more than the 730 who live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Burnside works in Somerset
175 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Somerset, 5.9 miles away across the town line. That’s 4 times as many as work in Burnside itself. The commute map ↓
Burnside makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Burnside are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Burnside residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
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 534 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Burnside on a workday
On a workday 489 residents head out to work and 45 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Burnside on a workday afternoon, 65% more 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.
The daily trip into Burnside
Where Burnside clocks in
33% of workers
2% 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 place that makes things: 43% of Burnside’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burnside, 2013 → 2023: 833 → 1,010. 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 Burnside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 16 minutes each way for Burnside’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burnside workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 231 commuters (the 5% 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.
The distance from Burnside to work
About 28% 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.
Bordering towns draw 33% of Burnside’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Somerset. Darker towns draw more of Burnside’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 Burnside: questions
What is the median household income in Burnside?
$58,750 (±$11,670) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burnside?
22.8%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burnside?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burnside work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Somerset (33%, 6 mi), Lexington (4%, 72 mi), Monticello (2%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Burnside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burnside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burnside
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.