Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Burke earn more than those in 65% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Burke C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 10.1% for Vermont as a whole. Working from home is the commute for 23% of workers; Vermont has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Burke in brief
Burke and Lyndon trade workers both ways
Lyndon is the top workplace for Burke residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Burke come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Burke pay little
35% of the jobs based in Burke pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 33% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Burke
59% of Burke residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Burke pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 83% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 606 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Burke’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Burke is better than 36% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Burke’s grade up ($87,143, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.7%) is left out: Burke’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, Burke could be anywhere from C− to B−.
20% of working residents work in Lyndon
Where Burke clocks in
20% of workers
13% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
542 jobs are based in Burke.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burke, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 542. 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 Burke’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Burke, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 505 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 441 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 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.
Getting to work from Burke takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burke workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 503 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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 Burke commutes less than 13 miles
About 20% 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 Burke gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Burke is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Burke 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 657 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). 3.0% of Burke households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Burke’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Burke is 2,826th among 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 615 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 676 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 692 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,824 | West Sharyland TX | 1,664 | $47K | 12.3% | 2.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,825 | Ballard UT | 1,303 | $87K | 11.9% | 8.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,826 | Burke VT | 1,646 | $87K | 10.0% | 0.7% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,827 | Zilwaukee MI | 1,489 | $58K | 15.2% | 5.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,828 | Duenweg MO | 2,100 | $63K | 20.9% | 3.7% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | 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 Burke, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Next door is work for 20% of Burke
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Burke workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burke | – | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $87,143 |
| Sutton | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Kirby | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Lyndon | 20% | B− | A | 23 min | $68,786 |
| East Haven | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Newark | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Victory | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sutton, Kirby, East Haven, Newark and Victory: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lyndon. Darker towns draw more of Burke’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 Burke: questions
What is the median household income in Burke?
$87,143 (±$17,233) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burke?
10.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burke?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burke work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lyndon (20%, 6 mi), St. Johnsbury (13%, 11 mi), Derby (3%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Burke walkable?
Burke is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Burke without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burke, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burke
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.