Willard Greenfield Farmstead · Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Burnett has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Home is the office for 7% of workers, against 13% across Wisconsin. Burnett has 69 jobs for 402 working residents. Hardly any stay in Burnett for work; outside it, Beaver Dam is the main destination (9%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Burnett apart
Who leaves Burnett for work, and who comes in
On a workday 398 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Burnett on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Where people from Burnett work
Where Burnett clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Goods, not services: 35% of the jobs in Burnett
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burnett, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 69. 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 Burnett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Burnett: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burnett workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 465 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Miles to work from Burnett
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.
Work next door: 10% of Burnett’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Burnett workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnett | – | — | — | 21 min | $90,313 |
| Chester | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Horicon | 7% | C | B− | 21 min | $53,465 |
| Trenton | under 2% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $99,074 |
| Kekoskee | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Beaver Dam | 3% | B+ | B | 20 min | $82,163 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chester: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Kekoskee: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Horicon. Darker towns draw more of Burnett’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 Burnett: questions
What is the median household income in Burnett?
$90,313 (±$11,603) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burnett?
5.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burnett?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burnett work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beaver Dam (9%, 7 mi), Mayville (8%, 8 mi), Horicon (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Burnett 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 Burnett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burnett
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.