Burden vs Dexter

A side-by-side comparison of Burden and Dexter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burden has the higher population (548 vs 508 in Dexter). Burden has the higher median household income ($54,261 vs $49,737 in Dexter). Dexter has the higher median home value ($79,000 vs $61,700 in Burden).

Population, income & housing

	Burden	Dexter
Population	548	508
Median age	33.0 yrs	18.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,261	$49,737
Median home value	$61,700	$79,000
Median gross rent	$650	$538
Housing units	243	179
Homeownership rate	77.7%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burden	Dexter
Population	666 → 548 (-17.7%)	275 → 508 (+84.7%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $54,261 (+2.5%)	$51,250 → $49,737 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$62,600 → $61,700 (-1.4%)	$42,200 → $79,000 (+87.2%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $650 (-6.3%)	$550 → $538 (-2.2%)

Burden

Population

666548

Median household income

$52,917$54,261

Median home value

$62,600$61,700

Median gross rent

$694$650

Dexter

Population

275508

Median household income

$51,250$49,737

Median home value

$42,200$79,000

Median gross rent

$550$538

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burden	Dexter
Under 5	5.5%	17.7%
5 to 17	30.5%	24.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	3.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	5.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	12.2%
75 and over	4.4%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burden	Dexter
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burden	Dexter
No high school diploma	14.2%	6.7%
High school graduate	18.8%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burden	Dexter
Drove alone	80.6%	69.8%
Carpooled	15.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	18.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burden	Dexter
1-unit, detached	84.8%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	42.5%

Poverty & households

	Burden	Dexter
Poverty rate	13.6%	6.2%
Average household size	2.84	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1946	1982