Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Burgoon commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers (Ohio 13%). 5 jobs are based in Burgoon for 97 working residents. Hardly any stay in Burgoon for work; outside it, Fremont is the main destination (22%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Burgoon by day and by night
On a workday 97 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 85 people are in Burgoon on a workday afternoon, 52% 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.
The towns that employ Burgoon’s residents
Where Burgoon clocks in
22% 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 Burgoon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burgoon, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 5. 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 Burgoon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Burgoon: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burgoon workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 96 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Half of Burgoon commutes less than 20 miles
About 19% 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 Burgoon: questions
What is the median household income in Burgoon?
$59,375 (±$8,273) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burgoon?
20.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burgoon?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burgoon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fremont (22%, 9 mi), Bowling Green (7%, 22 mi), Toledo (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Burgoon 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 Burgoon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burgoon
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.