Burke vs Fort Covington

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

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

Fort Covington has the higher population (1,053 vs 214 in Burke). Burke has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $54,545 in Fort Covington). Burke has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $113,000 in Fort Covington).

Population, income & housing

	Burke	Fort Covington
Population	214	1,053
Median age	33.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$54,545
Median home value	$114,400	$113,000
Median gross rent	$640	$820
Housing units	83	516
Homeownership rate	71.1%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burke	Fort Covington
Population	262 → 214 (-18.3%)	1,390 → 1,053 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $81,875 (+18.0%)	$49,071 → $54,545 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $114,400 (+29.6%)	$83,800 → $113,000 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $640 (-22.4%)	$770 → $820 (+6.5%)

Burke

Population

262214

Median household income

$69,375$81,875

Median home value

$88,300$114,400

Median gross rent

$825$640

Fort Covington

Population

1,3901,053

Median household income

$49,071$54,545

Median home value

$83,800$113,000

Median gross rent

$770$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burke	Fort Covington
Under 5	7.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	22.9%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.5%
75 and over	7.0%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burke	Fort Covington
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	93.4%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	3.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burke	Fort Covington
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.3%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burke	Fort Covington
Drove alone	93.1%	60.0%
Carpooled	2.3%	23.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	3.4%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burke	Fort Covington
1-unit, detached	73.5%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Burke	Fort Covington
Poverty rate	9.8%	15.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	34	17
Median year structure built	1943	1964