Brushton vs Burke

A side-by-side comparison of Brushton and Burke: population, income, housing, and more.

Brushton and Burke are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brushton has the higher population (545 vs 214 in Burke). Burke has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $52,120 in Brushton). Burke has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $105,400 in Brushton).

Population, income & housing

	Brushton	Burke
Population	545	214
Median age	27.0 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,120	$81,875
Median home value	$105,400	$114,400
Median gross rent	$646	$640
Housing units	261	83
Homeownership rate	54.0%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brushton	Burke
Population	423 → 545 (+28.8%)	262 → 214 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$56,167 → $52,120 (-7.2%)	$69,375 → $81,875 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $105,400 (+27.4%)	$88,300 → $114,400 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $646 (-2.3%)	$825 → $640 (-22.4%)

Brushton

Population

423545

Median household income

$56,167$52,120

Median home value

$82,700$105,400

Median gross rent

$661$646

Burke

Population

262214

Median household income

$69,375$81,875

Median home value

$88,300$114,400

Median gross rent

$825$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brushton	Burke
Under 5	5.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	22.4%	22.9%
18 to 24	19.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	22.0%	16.4%
45 to 54	6.1%	8.4%
55 to 64	4.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.9%	5.6%
75 and over	4.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brushton	Burke
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.9%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brushton	Burke
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	52.1%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brushton	Burke
Drove alone	69.3%	93.1%
Carpooled	23.8%	2.3%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brushton	Burke
1-unit, detached	56.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	15.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Brushton	Burke
Poverty rate	21.8%	9.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1938	1943