Most of Burnside Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Burnside Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (D). Burnside Township has 154 jobs, against 863 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Burnside Township apart on work
Burnside Township is a place people come home to
There are 154 jobs based in Burnside Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Burnside Township has about 1,200 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Burnside Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Burnside Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 863 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Burnside Township earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Burnside Township’s grade up (6.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Burnside Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Burnside Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Burnside Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 844 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Burnside Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2021, primary jobs.
How long Burnside Township spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burnside Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 902 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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 Burnside Township’s working residents head each day
Where Burnside Township clocks in
9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 56% of the jobs in Burnside Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burnside Township, 2011 → 2021: 139 → 154. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burnside Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Burnside Township
About 23% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Burnside Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 941 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.6% of Burnside Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Burnside Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600, Burnside Township comes 2,848th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 148 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 223 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,846 | Fountain Green UT | 1,333 | $73K | 5.3% | 4.2% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,847 | North Bennington VT | 1,688 | $69K | 7.4% | 7.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,848 | Burnside Township MI | 1,917 | $76K | 6.4% | 2.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,849 | Brown Township OH | 2,029 | $70K | 14.4% | 2.9% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,850 | Bartlow Township OH | 2,172 | $81K | 11.0% | 4.4% | 15% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Burnside Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Burnside Township
The biggest share goes to Brown City (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Burnside Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnside Township | – | C+ | D | 33 min | $75,833 |
| Brown City | 3% | D | B | 32 min | $58,750 |
| Marlette Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Goodland Township | under 3% | B | D | 46 min | $108,063 |
| Maple Valley Township | under 3% | D | C+ | 36 min | $60,938 |
| Burlington Township | under 3% | D | C− | 36 min | $61,198 |
| Flynn Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marlette Township and Flynn Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Burnside Township’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 2021, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Burnside Township?
$75,833 (±$12,545) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burnside Township?
6.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burnside Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burnside Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Imlay City (9%, 14 mi), Sterling Heights (5%, 44 mi), Marlette (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Burnside Township walkable?
Burnside Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Burnside Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burnside Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burnside Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.