Burlington vs Stoneham

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

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

Burlington has the higher population (26,223 vs 22,986 in Stoneham). Burlington has the higher median household income ($142,207 vs $112,635 in Stoneham). Burlington has the higher median home value ($679,400 vs $629,000 in Stoneham).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Stoneham
Population	26,223	22,986
Median age	44.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$142,207	$112,635
Median home value	$679,400	$629,000
Median gross rent	$2,597	$1,878
Housing units	10,533	9,832
Homeownership rate	74.6%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.2%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Stoneham
Population	27,650 → 26,223 (-5.2%)	23,223 → 22,986 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$118,721 → $142,207 (+19.8%)	$101,549 → $112,635 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$533,800 → $679,400 (+27.3%)	$494,600 → $629,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,960 → $2,597 (+32.5%)	$1,483 → $1,878 (+26.6%)

Burlington

Population

27,65026,223

Median household income

$118,721$142,207

Median home value

$533,800$679,400

Median gross rent

$1,960$2,597

Stoneham

Population

23,22322,986

Median household income

$101,549$112,635

Median home value

$494,600$629,000

Median gross rent

$1,483$1,878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Stoneham
Under 5	4.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.8%
75 and over	10.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Stoneham
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	82.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.5%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Stoneham
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	19.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Stoneham
Drove alone	68.7%	70.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.7%
Public transit	3.0%	4.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.2%	19.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Stoneham
1-unit, detached	69.9%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	9.6%
20 or more units	17.1%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Stoneham
Poverty rate	5.6%	4.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1971	1965