What is the population of Burlington city?

Burlington city has 58,599 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #18 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Burlington city?

Median household income in Burlington city is $54,941 a year, 30% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Burlington city?

Median gross rent is $1,030 a month and the median home value is $188,700, so rent absorbs about 22.5% of median household income.

Is Burlington city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Burlington city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Burlington, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Burlington, North Carolina (Burlington, NC — Census place “Burlington city”) is 58,599 residents, ranking #18 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $54,941, the median home is worth $188,700 and median gross rent runs $1,030 a month. Looking for the Burlington North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Burlington, NC: 27215.

Population: 58,599Burlington city residents
Median household income: $54,941Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $188,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,030Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 54.9%Owner-occupied households

Burlington ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Burlington.

The Burlington NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

27215

What the numbers mean in Burlington city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Burlington city median would spend about 22.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18% of residents and 54.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Burlington city, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Burlington city is a small city in North Carolina, with 58,599 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #18 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 39.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Burlington city earn a median of $54,941 a year, 30% below the national figure of $78,538 and 10% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 18% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Burlington city is valued at $188,700, 37.8% below the national figure and 14% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,030 a month, 26.7% below the national figure, or roughly $12,360 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 54.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Burlington city?: Burlington city has 58,599 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #18 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Burlington city?: Median household income in Burlington city is $54,941 a year, 30% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Burlington city?: Median gross rent is $1,030 a month and the median home value is $188,700, so rent absorbs about 22.5% of median household income.
Is Burlington city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Burlington city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Burlington city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.