Burns has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 172 jobs in Burns, and 404 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Burns C−; getting around on foot earns it B. Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Burns in brief
Few Burns workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Burns are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 404 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Burns
On income, poverty and job access, Burns is better than 20% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Burns’ grade up (11.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.6%) is left out: Burns’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, Burns could be anywhere from D to C.
The daily trip from Burns: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burns workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 354 commuters (the 3% 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.
Burns on a workday afternoon
On a workday 372 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Burns on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
9% of working residents work in Hornell
Where Burns clocks in
9% 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.
What Burns’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burns, 2013 → 2023: 208 → 172. 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 Burns’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Burns goes to work
About 26% 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.
Driving is how Burns gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Burns is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 365 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.5% of Burns households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Burns’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Burns is 2,112th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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% | 1% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,110 | Grandview IL | 1,389 | $49K | 26.5% | 9.9% | 1% | C− |
| 2,111 | Solon ME | 1,008 | $69K | 10.7% | 9.4% | 4% | C− |
| 2,112 | Burns NY | 1,011 | $64K | 11.6% | 7.6% | 8% | C− |
| 2,113 | Bellmont NY | 1,328 | $70K | 11.1% | 5.8% | 3% | C− |
| 2,114 | Richford NY | 1,018 | $66K | 14.1% | 2.1% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Burns, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 13% of Burns
The biggest share goes to Hornellsville (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Burns workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burns | – | C− | B | 27 min | $64,491 |
| Almond | under 2% | C+ | C− | 25 min | $85,000 |
| Dansville | 2% | C− | C− | 26 min | $69,400 |
| Ossian | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Grove | 4% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Birdsall | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Hornellsville | 7% | C | A− | 23 min | $73,014 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ossian, Grove and Birdsall: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Burns’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 Burns: questions
What is the median household income in Burns?
$64,491 (±$5,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burns?
11.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burns?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burns work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hornell (9%, 9 mi), Hornellsville (7%, 9 mi), North Dansville (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Burns walkable?
Burns is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Burns without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burns, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burns
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.