Burlington vs Winchester

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

Burlington and Winchester 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 22,862 in Winchester). Winchester has the higher median household income ($218,176 vs $142,207 in Burlington). Winchester has the higher median home value ($1,181,700 vs $679,400 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Winchester
Population	26,223	22,862
Median age	44.9 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$142,207	$218,176
Median home value	$679,400	$1,181,700
Median gross rent	$2,597	$2,271
Housing units	10,533	8,283
Homeownership rate	74.6%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.2%	78.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Winchester
Population	27,650 → 26,223 (-5.2%)	22,738 → 22,862 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$118,721 → $142,207 (+19.8%)	$169,623 → $218,176 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$533,800 → $679,400 (+27.3%)	$943,800 → $1,181,700 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,960 → $2,597 (+32.5%)	$1,900 → $2,271 (+19.5%)

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

Winchester

Population

22,73822,862

Median household income

$169,623$218,176

Median home value

$943,800$1,181,700

Median gross rent

$1,900$2,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Winchester
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.2%	22.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	6.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.1%
75 and over	10.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	71.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	13.5%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Winchester
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.7%
High school graduate	19.0%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	50.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Winchester
Drove alone	68.7%	52.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.4%
Public transit	3.0%	7.1%
Walked	0.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	31.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Winchester
1-unit, detached	69.9%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	5.2%
20 or more units	17.1%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Winchester
Poverty rate	5.6%	3.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1971	1954