Most of Burke commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Burke; the top destination outside it is Malone (29%, 12 miles). There are 101 jobs in Burke; 509 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Burke is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Burke: the gist
A lot of Burke works one town over
39% of working residents work in a town that borders Burke: Malone (29%) and Chateaugay (10%). Next door ↓
Burke is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Burke, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Burke has about 1,000 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Burke are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 509 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Burke gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Burke’s grade up ($63,750, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Burke’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Burke could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Burke quiets down on a workday
On a workday 497 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Burke on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
About 28 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burke workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 523 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns that employ Burke’s residents
Where Burke clocks in
29% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 35% of the jobs in Burke
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burke, 2014 → 2024: 83 → 101. 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 Burke’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Burke works
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Burke commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 571 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). 11.7% of Burke households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Burke’s commuters take a bus or train.
Burke next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 4,829th of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,827 | Osceola Township MI | 1,853 | $57K | 14.5% | 0.9% | 3% | D |
| 4,828 | Jackson Township MO | 1,207 | $58K | 15.8% | 1.0% | 9% | D |
| 4,829 | Burke NY | 1,424 | $64K | 18.5% | 2.1% | 2% | D |
| 4,830 | Rumley Township OH | 1,244 | $54K | 15.0% | 3.7% | 1% | D |
| 4,831 | Oxford Township OH | 1,533 | $53K | 15.8% | 17.3% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Burke, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
39% of Burke works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Burke workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burke | – | D | C+ | 28 min | $63,750 |
| Constable | under 2% | D | C− | 22 min | $62,169 |
| Chateaugay | 10% | C− | C− | 29 min | $84,219 |
| Bellmont | under 2% | C− | D | 25 min | $70,250 |
| Malone | 29% | C | A− | 15 min | $67,969 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Malone. Darker towns draw more of Burke’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 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 Burke: questions
What is the median household income in Burke?
$63,750 (±$8,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burke?
18.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burke?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burke work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Malone (29%, 12 mi), Chateaugay (10%, 5 mi), Plattsburgh (7%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Burke walkable?
Burke is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Burke 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 Burke, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burke
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. 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.