Alum Rock vs Burbank

A side-by-side comparison of Alum Rock and Burbank: population, income, housing, and more.

Alum Rock and Burbank are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alum Rock has the higher population (11,619 vs 5,552 in Burbank). Burbank has the higher median household income ($152,559 vs $111,976 in Alum Rock). Burbank has the higher median home value ($1,113,400 vs $880,000 in Alum Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Alum Rock	Burbank
Population	11,619	5,552
Median age	40.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,976	$152,559
Median home value	$880,000	$1,113,400
Median gross rent	$2,412	$2,460
Housing units	3,145	2,118
Homeownership rate	70.4%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alum Rock	Burbank
Population	11,551 → 11,619 (+0.6%)	5,022 → 5,552 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$90,405 → $111,976 (+23.9%)	$91,190 → $152,559 (+67.3%)
Median home value	$633,800 → $880,000 (+38.8%)	$778,100 → $1,113,400 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,832 → $2,412 (+31.7%)	$1,566 → $2,460 (+57.1%)

Alum Rock

Population

11,55111,619

Median household income

$90,405$111,976

Median home value

$633,800$880,000

Median gross rent

$1,832$2,412

Burbank

Population

5,0225,552

Median household income

$91,190$152,559

Median home value

$778,100$1,113,400

Median gross rent

$1,566$2,460

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alum Rock	Burbank
Under 5	4.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	18.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	19.3%
45 to 54	15.3%	8.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	4.5%
75 and over	5.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alum Rock	Burbank
White (non-Hispanic)	10.2%	39.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	20.6%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.3%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	67.9%	34.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alum Rock	Burbank
No high school diploma	33.2%	17.0%
High school graduate	27.7%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alum Rock	Burbank
Drove alone	79.2%	67.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.4%	4.6%
Walked	0.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	18.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alum Rock	Burbank
1-unit, detached	89.6%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alum Rock	Burbank
Poverty rate	8.7%	9.2%
Average household size	3.89	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1953	1944