Burlington vs Pittsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Burlington and Pittsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Burlington and Pittsburg are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burlington has the higher population (527 vs 208 in Pittsburg). Burlington has the higher median home value ($134,700 vs $105,700 in Pittsburg). Since 2019, Pittsburg's population has grown faster (+32.5% vs -0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Pittsburg
Population	527	208
Median age	43.8 yrs	20.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,286	—
Median home value	$134,700	$105,700
Median gross rent	$846	$775
Housing units	259	90
Homeownership rate	78.1%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Pittsburg
Population	528 → 527 (-0.2%)	157 → 208 (+32.5%)
Median household income	$52,396 → $69,286 (+32.2%)	—
Median home value	$98,300 → $134,700 (+37.0%)	$105,300 → $105,700 (+0.4%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $846 (+56.1%)	—

Burlington

Population

528527

Median household income

$52,396$69,286

Median home value

$98,300$134,700

Median gross rent

$542$846

Pittsburg

Population

157208

Median home value

$105,300$105,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Pittsburg
Under 5	1.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	39.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	7.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	18.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	7.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.1%
75 and over	11.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	37.7%	64.7%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Pittsburg
Drove alone	77.6%	91.0%
Carpooled	16.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	90.3%	36.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	55.6%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	5.7%	23.1%
Average household size	2.31	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1958	2000