Burlington vs Danville

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

Burlington and Danville 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 966 in Danville). Danville has the higher median household income ($82,917 vs $55,274 in Burlington). Danville has the higher median home value ($148,600 vs $115,800 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Danville
Population	23,800	966
Median age	42.8 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,274	$82,917
Median home value	$115,800	$148,600
Median gross rent	$931	$817
Housing units	12,506	386
Homeownership rate	68.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Danville
Population	24,974 → 23,800 (-4.7%)	984 → 966 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$47,540 → $55,274 (+16.3%)	$54,762 → $82,917 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $115,800 (+24.2%)	$110,400 → $148,600 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $931 (+16.5%)	$703 → $817 (+16.2%)

Burlington

Population

24,97423,800

Median household income

$47,540$55,274

Median home value

$93,200$115,800

Median gross rent

$799$931

Danville

Population

984966

Median household income

$54,762$82,917

Median home value

$110,400$148,600

Median gross rent

$703$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Danville
Under 5	4.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.0%
75 and over	9.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Danville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	94.5%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Danville
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	36.2%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Danville
Drove alone	79.8%	80.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	9.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Danville
1-unit, detached	77.8%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	10.1%
20 or more units	4.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Danville
Poverty rate	15.9%	11.3%
Average household size	2.09	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1951	1964