Burlington vs Chesapeake

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

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

Burlington has the higher population (2,517 vs 1,082 in Chesapeake). Chesapeake has the higher median household income ($46,667 vs $38,732 in Burlington). Since 2019, Chesapeake's population has grown faster (+23.7% vs -0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Chesapeake
Population	2,517	1,082
Median age	52.1 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,732	$46,667
Median home value	—	$106,100
Median gross rent	$662	$795
Housing units	1,533	579
Homeownership rate	39.0%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Chesapeake
Population	2,521 → 2,517 (-0.2%)	875 → 1,082 (+23.7%)
Median household income	$44,191 → $38,732 (-12.4%)	$42,734 → $46,667 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $210,000 (+33.2%)	$87,800 → $106,100 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $662 (-3.4%)	$772 → $795 (+3.0%)

Burlington

Population

2,5212,517

Median household income

$44,191$38,732

Median home value

$157,600$210,000

Median gross rent

$685$662

Chesapeake

Population

8751,082

Median household income

$42,734$46,667

Median home value

$87,800$106,100

Median gross rent

$772$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Chesapeake
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	6.8%
18 to 24	12.4%	3.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	20.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	4.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	20.5%
65 to 74	23.1%	15.3%
75 and over	9.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Chesapeake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	91.1%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Chesapeake
No high school diploma	7.5%	13.7%
High school graduate	51.7%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Chesapeake
Drove alone	88.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	4.9%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Chesapeake
1-unit, detached	50.4%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.8%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Chesapeake
Poverty rate	8.5%	14.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1974	1961