Burlington vs Wilmington

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

Burlington and Wilmington 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 23,195 in Wilmington). Wilmington has the higher median household income ($161,473 vs $142,207 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median home value ($679,400 vs $646,200 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Wilmington
Population	26,223	23,195
Median age	44.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$142,207	$161,473
Median home value	$679,400	$646,200
Median gross rent	$2,597	$2,412
Housing units	10,533	8,032
Homeownership rate	74.6%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.2%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Wilmington
Population	27,650 → 26,223 (-5.2%)	23,377 → 23,195 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$118,721 → $142,207 (+19.8%)	$125,922 → $161,473 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$533,800 → $679,400 (+27.3%)	$473,800 → $646,200 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,960 → $2,597 (+32.5%)	$1,981 → $2,412 (+21.8%)

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

Wilmington

Population

23,37723,195

Median household income

$125,922$161,473

Median home value

$473,800$646,200

Median gross rent

$1,981$2,412

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Wilmington
Under 5	4.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.2%
75 and over	10.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.5%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Wilmington
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	19.0%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Wilmington
Drove alone	68.7%	71.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.2%
Public transit	3.0%	3.7%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.2%	17.9%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	69.9%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	6.7%
20 or more units	17.1%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Wilmington
Poverty rate	5.6%	3.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1971	1978