Burlington vs Union

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

Burlington and Union 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 7,494 in Union). Union has the higher median household income ($139,013 vs $101,550 in Burlington). Union has the higher median home value ($382,900 vs $229,700 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Union
Population	18,090	7,494
Median age	37.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,550	$139,013
Median home value	$229,700	$382,900
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,721
Housing units	6,948	2,569
Homeownership rate	73.5%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Union
Population	17,401 → 18,090 (+4.0%)	5,910 → 7,494 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$73,344 → $101,550 (+38.5%)	$125,051 → $139,013 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$168,900 → $229,700 (+36.0%)	$263,200 → $382,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,442 (+46.0%)	$1,814 → $1,721 (-5.1%)

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

Union

Population

5,9107,494

Median household income

$125,051$139,013

Median home value

$263,200$382,900

Median gross rent

$1,814$1,721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Union
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	22.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	18.3%	15.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.0%
75 and over	4.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	92.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Union
No high school diploma	5.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Union
Drove alone	78.7%	70.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	9.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	17.6%
Other means	3.1%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Union
1-unit, detached	69.3%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.3%	7.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Union
Poverty rate	5.6%	3.3%
Average household size	2.64	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1999	2005