Burlington vs New Strawn

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

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

Burlington has the higher population (2,615 vs 408 in New Strawn). New Strawn has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $52,083 in Burlington). New Strawn has the higher median home value ($157,500 vs $134,100 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	New Strawn
Population	2,615	408
Median age	41.9 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,083	$110,000
Median home value	$134,100	$157,500
Median gross rent	$837	$819
Housing units	1,274	212
Homeownership rate	60.3%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	New Strawn
Population	2,560 → 2,615 (+2.1%)	408 → 408 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$48,971 → $52,083 (+6.4%)	$89,063 → $110,000 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$100,600 → $134,100 (+33.3%)	$132,200 → $157,500 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $837 (+30.0%)	$688 → $819 (+19.0%)

Burlington

Population

2,5602,615

Median household income

$48,971$52,083

Median home value

$100,600$134,100

Median gross rent

$644$837

New Strawn

Population

408408

Median household income

$89,063$110,000

Median home value

$132,200$157,500

Median gross rent

$688$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	New Strawn
Under 5	5.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	2.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	15.4%
75 and over	8.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	New Strawn
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	93.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	New Strawn
No high school diploma	9.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.8%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	New Strawn
Drove alone	84.7%	89.6%
Carpooled	8.9%	5.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	New Strawn
1-unit, detached	73.7%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	New Strawn
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	15	13
Median year structure built	1968	1978