Burton vs Flushing

A side-by-side comparison of Burton and Flushing: population, income, housing, and more.

Burton and Flushing are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burton has the higher population (29,529 vs 8,323 in Flushing). Flushing has the higher median household income ($77,372 vs $57,767 in Burton). Flushing has the higher median home value ($189,500 vs $131,200 in Burton).

Population, income & housing

	Burton	Flushing
Population	29,529	8,323
Median age	42.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,767	$77,372
Median home value	$131,200	$189,500
Median gross rent	$1,006	$940
Housing units	13,325	3,648
Homeownership rate	75.8%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burton	Flushing
Population	28,654 → 29,529 (+3.1%)	7,968 → 8,323 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$48,019 → $57,767 (+20.3%)	$62,197 → $77,372 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $131,200 (+49.8%)	$120,300 → $189,500 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,006 (+27.2%)	$739 → $940 (+27.2%)

Burton

Population

28,65429,529

Median household income

$48,019$57,767

Median home value

$87,600$131,200

Median gross rent

$791$1,006

Flushing

Population

7,9688,323

Median household income

$62,197$77,372

Median home value

$120,300$189,500

Median gross rent

$739$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burton	Flushing
Under 5	6.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	14.4%
75 and over	8.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burton	Flushing
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	86.0%
Black or African American	9.5%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burton	Flushing
No high school diploma	10.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	36.2%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burton	Flushing
Drove alone	78.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	12.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.4%	1.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	11.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burton	Flushing
1-unit, detached	79.3%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	4.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Burton	Flushing
Poverty rate	17.1%	6.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1963	1966