Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Burlington Township top those of 94% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 1.0% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. Burlington Township grades A for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Home is the office for 5% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Burlington Township
Burlington Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Burlington Township is Columbus, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (151) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Burlington Township is a place people come home to
There are 89 jobs based in Burlington Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Burlington Township has about 790 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Burlington Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical 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 552 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Burlington Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Burlington Township is better than 95% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Burlington Township’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, Burlington Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
How far Burlington Township goes to work
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.
A workday in Burlington Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 547 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Burlington Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 37 minutes in Burlington Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burlington Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 610 commuters (the 5% 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.
27% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Burlington Township clocks in
27% of workers
6% 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.
What Burlington Township’s employers do
89 jobs are based in Burlington Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burlington Township, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 89. 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 Burlington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Burlington Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Burlington Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Burlington Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 642 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). 0.0% of Burlington Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Burlington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Burlington Township ranks 135th of 4,866 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 133 | Verona KY | 1,394 | $145K | 3.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 134 | China Grove TX | 1,149 | $103K | 4.8% | 2.1% | 0% | A+ |
| 135 | Burlington Township OH | 1,254 | $141K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 136 | Center Township OH | 1,161 | $108K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| 137 | Wall Lake Township SD | 1,210 | $129K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Burlington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Burlington Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Burlington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Township | – | A | D− | 37 min | $140,584 |
| Bennington Township | under 2% | A | D− | 35 min | $93,047 |
| McKean Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 31 min | $99,706 |
| Miller Township | under 2% | A | C− | 22 min | $135,245 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 33 min | $82,857 |
| Morgan Township | under 2% | — | D− | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Burlington 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 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 Burlington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Burlington Township?
$140,584 (±$70,645) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burlington Township?
1.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burlington Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burlington Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (27%, 30 mi), Newark (6%, 12 mi), New Albany (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Burlington Township walkable?
Burlington Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Burlington Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burlington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burlington Township
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.