Burlington vs Fort Dix

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

Burlington and Fort Dix are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burlington has the higher population (9,904 vs 8,034 in Fort Dix). Fort Dix has the higher median household income ($98,259 vs $78,009 in Burlington). Since 2019, Fort Dix's population has grown faster (+4.8% vs +0.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Fort Dix
Population	9,904	8,034
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,009	$98,259
Median home value	$221,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,598	$2,383
Housing units	4,068	1,071
Homeownership rate	63.0%	0.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Fort Dix
Population	9,815 → 9,904 (+0.9%)	7,668 → 8,034 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$57,690 → $78,009 (+35.2%)	$72,031 → $98,259 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$161,400 → $221,000 (+36.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $1,598 (+54.4%)	$2,078 → $2,383 (+14.7%)

Burlington

Population

9,8159,904

Median household income

$57,690$78,009

Median home value

$161,400$221,000

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,598

Fort Dix

Population

7,6688,034

Median household income

$72,031$98,259

Median gross rent

$2,078$2,383

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Fort Dix
Under 5	6.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	17.2%	20.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	27.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	8.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	2.7%
75 and over	6.3%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Fort Dix
White (non-Hispanic)	41.9%	37.8%
Black or African American	31.7%	28.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Fort Dix
No high school diploma	10.3%	18.9%
High school graduate	29.8%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Fort Dix
Drove alone	74.1%	74.9%
Carpooled	12.5%	9.2%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.7%	7.7%
Other means	0.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Fort Dix
1-unit, detached	45.2%	4.8%
1-unit, attached	31.6%	76.3%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Fort Dix
Poverty rate	16.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.71	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	17
Median year structure built	1949	2001