Burlingame vs Vassar

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

Burlingame and Vassar 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 870 in Vassar). Vassar has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $57,500 in Burlingame). Vassar has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $91,200 in Burlingame).

Population, income & housing

	Burlingame	Vassar
Population	976	870
Median age	48.4 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$72,083
Median home value	$91,200	$170,700
Median gross rent	$666	$1,132
Housing units	540	407
Homeownership rate	64.9%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlingame	Vassar
Population	885 → 976 (+10.3%)	799 → 870 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $57,500 (+47.4%)	$71,250 → $72,083 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $91,200 (+26.5%)	$128,000 → $170,700 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $666 (+9.0%)	$930 → $1,132 (+21.7%)

Burlingame

Population

885976

Median household income

$39,000$57,500

Median home value

$72,100$91,200

Median gross rent

$611$666

Vassar

Population

799870

Median household income

$71,250$72,083

Median home value

$128,000$170,700

Median gross rent

$930$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlingame	Vassar
Under 5	3.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	4.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	19.7%
55 to 64	16.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.4%
75 and over	9.0%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlingame	Vassar
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlingame	Vassar
No high school diploma	9.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	38.5%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlingame	Vassar
Drove alone	67.4%	82.2%
Carpooled	20.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlingame	Vassar
1-unit, detached	75.4%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Burlingame	Vassar
Poverty rate	11.3%	7.9%
Average household size	2.14	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	44	43
Median year structure built	1961	1980