Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Burnside Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
125 jobs are based in Burnside Township for 340 working residents. Burnside Township grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. For 8% of workers, the job is at home (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Burnside Township apart
Income, poverty and work: Burnside Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Burnside Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Burnside Township’s grade up (8.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Burnside Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Burnside Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Time on the road from Burnside Township: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burnside Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 402 commuters (the 8% 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.
Who commutes out of Burnside Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 318 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Burnside Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
6% of working residents work in White Township
Where Burnside Township clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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 jobs make up 33% of work in Burnside Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burnside Township, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 125. 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 Burnside Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Burnside Township commutes less than 24 miles
About 22% 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.
For most of Burnside Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Burnside Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 436 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). 12.8% of Burnside Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Burnside Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Burnside Township next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 1,655th of 3,133 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,653 | Bloomfield KY | 1,011 | $55K | 10.9% | 3.8% | 2% | C |
| 1,654 | Willards MD | 1,018 | $75K | 22.1% | 11.0% | 1% | C |
| 1,655 | Burnside Township PA | 1,042 | $70K | 8.3% | 4.1% | 6% | C |
| 1,656 | Middleburg PA | 1,302 | $59K | 9.7% | 3.1% | 9% | C |
| 1,657 | Custer Township MI | 1,313 | $56K | 4.5% | 7.0% | 1% | 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 Burnside Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Burnside Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Chest Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Burnside Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnside Township | – | C | C− | 36 min | $70,417 |
| Bell Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Burnside | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| New Washington | under 3% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Westover | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Montgomery Township | under 3% | C− | C− | 36 min | $65,972 |
| Chest Township | 4% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Cherry Tree | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Susquehanna Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 27 min | $52,431 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bell Township, Burnside, New Washington, Westover, Chest Township and Cherry Tree: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Burnside 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 Burnside Township: questions
What is the median household income in Burnside Township?
$70,417 (±$13,540) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burnside Township?
8.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burnside Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burnside Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are White Township (6%, 21 mi), Chest Township (4%, 6 mi), Altoona (3%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Burnside Township walkable?
Burnside Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Burnside Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burnside Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burnside 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.