Burlington vs Oakbrook

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

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

Burlington has the higher population (18,090 vs 9,459 in Oakbrook). Burlington has the higher median household income ($101,550 vs $90,147 in Oakbrook). Oakbrook has the higher median home value ($250,900 vs $229,700 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Oakbrook
Population	18,090	9,459
Median age	37.6 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,550	$90,147
Median home value	$229,700	$250,900
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,414
Housing units	6,948	4,093
Homeownership rate	73.5%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Oakbrook
Population	17,401 → 18,090 (+4.0%)	9,023 → 9,459 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$73,344 → $101,550 (+38.5%)	$82,155 → $90,147 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$168,900 → $229,700 (+36.0%)	$176,800 → $250,900 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,442 (+46.0%)	$977 → $1,414 (+44.7%)

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

Oakbrook

Population

9,0239,459

Median household income

$82,155$90,147

Median home value

$176,800$250,900

Median gross rent

$977$1,414

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Oakbrook
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	18.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	14.1%
75 and over	4.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Oakbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	82.9%
Black or African American	3.2%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Oakbrook
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	32.7%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Oakbrook
Drove alone	78.7%	78.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	12.5%
Other means	3.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Oakbrook
1-unit, detached	69.3%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	19.3%	8.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Oakbrook
Poverty rate	5.6%	2.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1999	1990