Burt vs Zilwaukee

A side-by-side comparison of Burt and Zilwaukee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Zilwaukee has the higher population (1,696 vs 1,430 in Burt). Burt has the higher median household income ($92,596 vs $57,449 in Zilwaukee). Burt has the higher median home value ($184,000 vs $87,900 in Zilwaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Burt	Zilwaukee
Population	1,430	1,696
Median age	42.7 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,596	$57,449
Median home value	$184,000	$87,900
Median gross rent	$1,086	$1,115
Housing units	545	778
Homeownership rate	88.5%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burt	Zilwaukee
Population	1,106 → 1,430 (+29.3%)	1,668 → 1,696 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$52,440 → $92,596 (+76.6%)	$55,625 → $57,449 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$133,300 → $184,000 (+38.0%)	$72,900 → $87,900 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,086 (+19.3%)	$920 → $1,115 (+21.2%)

Burt

Population

1,1061,430

Median household income

$52,440$92,596

Median home value

$133,300$184,000

Median gross rent

$910$1,086

Zilwaukee

Population

1,6681,696

Median household income

$55,625$57,449

Median home value

$72,900$87,900

Median gross rent

$920$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burt	Zilwaukee
Under 5	6.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	21.1%	9.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	6.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	16.9%	7.3%
45 to 54	19.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	7.2%	18.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.7%
75 and over	3.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burt	Zilwaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	81.2%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burt	Zilwaukee
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	47.3%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burt	Zilwaukee
Drove alone	96.4%	85.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burt	Zilwaukee
1-unit, detached	96.0%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Burt	Zilwaukee
Poverty rate	2.0%	13.6%
Average household size	2.80	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1976	1960