Beaverdale vs Burlington

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

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

Burlington has the higher population (23,800 vs 905 in Beaverdale). Beaverdale has the higher median household income ($66,000 vs $55,274 in Burlington). Beaverdale has the higher median home value ($171,200 vs $115,800 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Beaverdale	Burlington
Population	905	23,800
Median age	50.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,000	$55,274
Median home value	$171,200	$115,800
Median gross rent	$1,369	$931
Housing units	413	12,506
Homeownership rate	87.8%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaverdale	Burlington
Population	1,002 → 905 (-9.7%)	24,974 → 23,800 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$61,917 → $66,000 (+6.6%)	$47,540 → $55,274 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $171,200 (+78.7%)	$93,200 → $115,800 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,369 (+59.0%)	$799 → $931 (+16.5%)

Beaverdale

Population

1,002905

Median household income

$61,917$66,000

Median home value

$95,800$171,200

Median gross rent

$861$1,369

Burlington

Population

24,97423,800

Median household income

$47,540$55,274

Median home value

$93,200$115,800

Median gross rent

$799$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaverdale	Burlington
Under 5	9.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	13.2%
75 and over	8.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaverdale	Burlington
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaverdale	Burlington
No high school diploma	14.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	29.8%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaverdale	Burlington
Drove alone	68.1%	79.8%
Carpooled	13.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	18.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaverdale	Burlington
1-unit, detached	64.6%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	33.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Beaverdale	Burlington
Poverty rate	20.4%	15.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	11	17
Median year structure built	1979	1951