Burlington vs Sawyer

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

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

Burlington has the higher population (1,169 vs 305 in Sawyer). Burlington has the higher median household income ($95,216 vs $65,625 in Sawyer). Burlington has the higher median home value ($237,800 vs $181,300 in Sawyer).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Sawyer
Population	1,169	305
Median age	30.7 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$95,216	$65,625
Median home value	$237,800	$181,300
Median gross rent	$988	$1,600
Housing units	447	137
Homeownership rate	73.5%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Sawyer
Population	1,420 → 1,169 (-17.7%)	301 → 305 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$73,586 → $95,216 (+29.4%)	$88,333 → $65,625 (-25.7%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $237,800 (+26.4%)	$157,700 → $181,300 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $988 (-0.6%)	$950 → $1,600 (+68.4%)

Burlington

Population

1,4201,169

Median household income

$73,586$95,216

Median home value

$188,100$237,800

Median gross rent

$994$988

Sawyer

Population

301305

Median household income

$88,333$65,625

Median home value

$157,700$181,300

Median gross rent

$950$1,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Sawyer
Under 5	9.6%	10.8%
5 to 17	22.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	19.2%	22.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.5%
75 and over	1.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Sawyer
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.7%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Sawyer
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	42.9%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Sawyer
Drove alone	90.6%	85.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	1.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Sawyer
1-unit, detached	61.1%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Sawyer
Poverty rate	2.7%	8.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1988	1963