Burlington vs Elon

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

Burlington and Elon are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burlington has the higher population (58,599 vs 11,325 in Elon). Elon has the higher median household income ($82,717 vs $54,941 in Burlington). Elon has the higher median home value ($355,800 vs $188,700 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Elon
Population	58,599	11,325
Median age	39.6 yrs	21.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,941	$82,717
Median home value	$188,700	$355,800
Median gross rent	$1,030	$1,584
Housing units	27,169	3,374
Homeownership rate	54.9%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	53.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Elon
Population	53,063 → 58,599 (+10.4%)	11,516 → 11,325 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$43,225 → $54,941 (+27.1%)	$65,313 → $82,717 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$134,100 → $188,700 (+40.7%)	$253,500 → $355,800 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $1,030 (+26.2%)	$1,287 → $1,584 (+23.1%)

Burlington

Population

53,06358,599

Median household income

$43,225$54,941

Median home value

$134,100$188,700

Median gross rent

$816$1,030

Elon

Population

11,51611,325

Median household income

$65,313$82,717

Median home value

$253,500$355,800

Median gross rent

$1,287$1,584

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Elon
Under 5	6.2%	2.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	8.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	46.8%
25 to 34	12.4%	3.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	6.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	6.5%
75 and over	8.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Elon
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	82.9%
Black or African American	29.8%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	2.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Elon
No high school diploma	13.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	26.0%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Elon
Drove alone	79.4%	70.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	15.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.2%	9.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Elon
1-unit, detached	58.7%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	7.1%
20 or more units	7.2%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Elon
Poverty rate	18.0%	22.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1977	1998