Burlington vs Florence

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

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

Florence has the higher population (32,334 vs 18,090 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median household income ($101,550 vs $68,508 in Florence). Burlington has the higher median home value ($229,700 vs $196,200 in Florence).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Florence
Population	18,090	32,334
Median age	37.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,550	$68,508
Median home value	$229,700	$196,200
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,199
Housing units	6,948	14,637
Homeownership rate	73.5%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Florence
Population	17,401 → 18,090 (+4.0%)	32,369 → 32,334 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$73,344 → $101,550 (+38.5%)	$57,348 → $68,508 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$168,900 → $229,700 (+36.0%)	$153,700 → $196,200 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,442 (+46.0%)	$962 → $1,199 (+24.6%)

Burlington

Population

17,40118,090

Median household income

$73,344$101,550

Median home value

$168,900$229,700

Median gross rent

$988$1,442

Florence

Population

32,36932,334

Median household income

$57,348$68,508

Median home value

$153,700$196,200

Median gross rent

$962$1,199

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Florence
Under 5	5.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	18.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.0%
75 and over	4.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Florence
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Florence
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	32.7%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Florence
Drove alone	78.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.4%	8.9%
Other means	3.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Florence
1-unit, detached	69.3%	46.1%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	19.3%	30.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Florence
Poverty rate	5.6%	9.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1999	1985