Burns has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Hardly any work in Burns; the top destination outside it is Nashville (39%, 31 miles). Employers in Burns report 247 jobs, and 962 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Burns B; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Burns apart on work
39% of Burns works in Nashville
372 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Nashville, 31 miles away. That’s 39 times as many as work in Burns itself. The commute map ↓
Burns is a place people come home to
There are 247 jobs based in Burns, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Burns has about 1,200 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 962 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Burns: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Burns is better than 55% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Burns’ grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($69,167, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: Burns’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, Burns could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Where people from Burns work
Where Burns clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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 daily flow of workers through Burns
On a workday 956 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Burns on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Jobs in Burns: what the 247 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burns, 2013 → 2023: 208 → 247. 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.
About 30 minutes to work from Burns
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burns workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 840 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Burns
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 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Burns 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 946 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). 2.4% of Burns households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Burns’ commuters take a bus or train.
Burns places 2,028th of 5,921 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Lookout Mountain TN | 2,044 | $201K | 2.3% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 243 | Fairmount TN | 2,110 | $137K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,026 | Coloma MI | 1,415 | $69K | 7.4% | 0.8% | 7% | B |
| 2,027 | Jermyn PA | 2,109 | $63K | 7.8% | 3.6% | 3% | B |
| 2,028 | Burns TN | 1,910 | $69K | 9.2% | 0.8% | 1% | B |
| 2,029 | Westby WI | 2,435 | $73K | 8.0% | 2.6% | 14% | B |
| 2,030 | Andover NH | 2,456 | $89K | 10.5% | 2.0% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Tennessee.
The towns next door employ 15% of Burns
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Dickson. 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?
$69,167 (±$9,458) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burns?
9.2%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burns?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burns work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (39%, 31 mi), Dickson (15%, 3 mi), Franklin (7%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Burns walkable?
Burns is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 0% 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. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.