Burlington vs Marlton

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

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

Marlton has the higher population (10,473 vs 9,904 in Burlington). Marlton has the higher median household income ($94,160 vs $78,009 in Burlington). Marlton has the higher median home value ($314,500 vs $221,000 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Marlton
Population	9,904	10,473
Median age	37.8 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,009	$94,160
Median home value	$221,000	$314,500
Median gross rent	$1,598	$1,598
Housing units	4,068	5,048
Homeownership rate	63.0%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Marlton
Population	9,815 → 9,904 (+0.9%)	9,672 → 10,473 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$57,690 → $78,009 (+35.2%)	$79,216 → $94,160 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$161,400 → $221,000 (+36.9%)	$249,200 → $314,500 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $1,598 (+54.4%)	$1,298 → $1,598 (+23.1%)

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

Marlton

Population

9,67210,473

Median household income

$79,216$94,160

Median home value

$249,200$314,500

Median gross rent

$1,298$1,598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Marlton
Under 5	6.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.2%	19.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.2%
75 and over	6.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Marlton
White (non-Hispanic)	41.9%	78.4%
Black or African American	31.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	9.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Marlton
No high school diploma	10.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	29.8%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Marlton
Drove alone	74.1%	73.8%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.2%
Public transit	1.8%	1.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.7%	17.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Marlton
1-unit, detached	45.2%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	31.6%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	19.1%
20 or more units	6.3%	17.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Marlton
Poverty rate	16.2%	3.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1949	1972