Burnham’s household incomes are lower than in 62% of U.S. towns
Burnham grades C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 8.6% of residents are in poverty, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%. About one in ten work in Burnham itself; outside it, Derry Township draws the most (12%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Burnham, in a few figures
Burnham makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Burnham are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Burnham residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Burnham are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania 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.
The four measures behind Burnham’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Burnham is better than 39% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Burnham’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Burnham’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, Burnham could be anywhere from C− to B.
Making and building: 43% of jobs based in Burnham
1,389 jobs are based in Burnham.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burnham, 2013 → 2023: 1,507 → 1,389. 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 Burnham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Burnham, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burnham workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 845 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Burnham on a workday afternoon
On a workday 979 residents head out to work, 104 work right here, and 1,285 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Burnham on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Burnham ends
Where Burnham clocks in
12% of workers
10% 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.
The commute from Burnham, by distance
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.
Driving is how Burnham gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Burnham is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 951 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). 3.6% of Burnham households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Burnham’s commuters take a bus or train.
Burnham next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700: 2,867th of 5,509 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 31 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,865 | Pike Township PA | 2,273 | $84K | 9.7% | 2.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,866 | Ord NE | 2,121 | $58K | 11.1% | 0.5% | 46% | C+ |
| 2,867 | Burnham PA | 1,970 | $68K | 8.6% | 1.8% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,868 | Stonewood WV | 1,743 | $55K | 8.0% | 9.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,869 | Buckland MA | 1,812 | $83K | 13.0% | 3.7% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Burnham, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Burnham
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Burnham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnham | – | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $67,656 |
| Yeagertown | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Highland Park | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Yeagertown and Highland Park: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Burnham’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 Burnham: questions
What is the median household income in Burnham?
$67,656 (±$16,070) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burnham?
8.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burnham?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burnham work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Derry Township (12%, 2 mi), Lewistown (10%, 3 mi), Granville Township (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Burnham walkable?
Burnham is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Burnham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burnham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burnham
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.