Burlingame vs Melvern

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

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

Burlingame has the higher population (976 vs 304 in Melvern). Burlingame has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $57,250 in Melvern). Burlingame has the higher median home value ($91,200 vs $90,000 in Melvern).

Population, income & housing

	Burlingame	Melvern
Population	976	304
Median age	48.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$57,250
Median home value	$91,200	$90,000
Median gross rent	$666	$539
Housing units	540	155
Homeownership rate	64.9%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlingame	Melvern
Population	885 → 976 (+10.3%)	400 → 304 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $57,500 (+47.4%)	$40,000 → $57,250 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $91,200 (+26.5%)	$77,500 → $90,000 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $666 (+9.0%)	$610 → $539 (-11.6%)

Burlingame

Population

885976

Median household income

$39,000$57,500

Median home value

$72,100$91,200

Median gross rent

$611$666

Melvern

Population

400304

Median household income

$40,000$57,250

Median home value

$77,500$90,000

Median gross rent

$610$539

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlingame	Melvern
Under 5	3.0%	12.5%
5 to 17	19.0%	9.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	16.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	4.3%
45 to 54	15.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	17.1%
75 and over	9.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlingame	Melvern
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlingame	Melvern
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	38.5%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlingame	Melvern
Drove alone	67.4%	83.0%
Carpooled	20.3%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	8.1%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlingame	Melvern
1-unit, detached	75.4%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Burlingame	Melvern
Poverty rate	11.3%	7.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	44	36
Median year structure built	1961	1964