Burbank has higher household incomes than 71% of U.S. towns
7% of workers work from home, where Washington as a whole has 20%. Below the poverty line: 14.5% of residents, next to 9.9% across Washington. Burbank grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Burbank
Burbank makes and builds things
76% of the jobs based in Burbank are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Burbank residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Burbank and Pasco trade workers both ways
Pasco is the top workplace for Burbank residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Burbank come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Burbank than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Burbank fell from 2,313 in 2013 to 1,444 in 2023, −38%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Burbank pay better than its residents’ jobs
77% of the jobs based in Burbank pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 62% of the jobs Burbank residents hold. 93% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Burbank. 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.
The figures behind Burbank’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Burbank is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #207 of 285 in Washington. Household income holds Burbank’s grade up ($93,158, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Burbank could be anywhere from C− to A.
In Burbank, 76% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,444 jobs are based in Burbank.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burbank, 2013 → 2023: 2,313 → 1,444. 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 Burbank’s own residents hold wherever they work.
17% of working residents work in Pasco
Where Burbank clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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 commute in and out of Burbank
On a workday 944 residents head out to work, 99 work right here, and 1,345 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Burbank on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Burbank
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burbank workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,333 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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.
How far Burbank’s workers travel
About 27% 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 Burbank, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Burbank is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #257 of 285 in Washington. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,438 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). 1.3% of Burbank households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Burbank’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800, Burbank comes 2,384th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 13 | Larch Way WA | 4,424 | $160K | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Clearview WA | 3,254 | $193K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 115 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,382 | West Chillisquaque Township PA | 2,614 | $51K | 10.6% | 2.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,383 | Humboldt Hill CA | 3,551 | $72K | 15.0% | 2.6% | 4% | B− |
| 2,384 | Burbank WA | 3,589 | $93K | 14.5% | 4.9% | 9% | B− |
| 2,385 | Ellsworth KS | 3,092 | $67K | 10.0% | 1.6% | 40% | B− |
| 2,386 | New York Mills NY | 3,162 | $58K | 34.4% | 1.2% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Burbank, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
17% of Burbank works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Pasco. Darker towns draw more of Burbank’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 Burbank: questions
What is the median household income in Burbank?
$93,158 (±$13,519) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burbank?
14.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burbank?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burbank work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pasco (17%, 8 mi), Kennewick (11%, 9 mi), Walla Walla (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Burbank walkable?
Burbank is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Burbank without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burbank, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burbank
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.