Burlingame vs Carbondale

A side-by-side comparison of Burlingame and Carbondale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carbondale has the higher population (1,361 vs 976 in Burlingame). Carbondale has the higher median household income ($67,578 vs $57,500 in Burlingame). Carbondale has the higher median home value ($112,300 vs $91,200 in Burlingame).

Population, income & housing

	Burlingame	Carbondale
Population	976	1,361
Median age	48.4 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$67,578
Median home value	$91,200	$112,300
Median gross rent	$666	$606
Housing units	540	590
Homeownership rate	64.9%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlingame	Carbondale
Population	885 → 976 (+10.3%)	1,438 → 1,361 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $57,500 (+47.4%)	$45,982 → $67,578 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $91,200 (+26.5%)	$79,900 → $112,300 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $666 (+9.0%)	$543 → $606 (+11.6%)

Burlingame

Population

885976

Median household income

$39,000$57,500

Median home value

$72,100$91,200

Median gross rent

$611$666

Carbondale

Population

1,4381,361

Median household income

$45,982$67,578

Median home value

$79,900$112,300

Median gross rent

$543$606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlingame	Carbondale
Under 5	3.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	24.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	7.3%
75 and over	9.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlingame	Carbondale
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.3%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlingame	Carbondale
No high school diploma	9.7%	10.8%
High school graduate	38.5%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlingame	Carbondale
Drove alone	67.4%	73.2%
Carpooled	20.3%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlingame	Carbondale
1-unit, detached	75.4%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Burlingame	Carbondale
Poverty rate	11.3%	15.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	44	22
Median year structure built	1961	1975