Burlington vs Helena

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

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

Helena has the higher population (1,487 vs 202 in Burlington). Helena has the higher median household income ($64,286 vs $62,969 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median home value ($116,100 vs $80,500 in Helena).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Helena
Population	202	1,487
Median age	27.0 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,969	$64,286
Median home value	$116,100	$80,500
Median gross rent	—	$568
Housing units	74	174
Homeownership rate	77.4%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Helena
Population	146 → 202 (+38.4%)	1,423 → 1,487 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $62,969 (-8.4%)	$73,359 → $64,286 (-12.4%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $116,100 (-15.6%)	$73,600 → $80,500 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $568 (-9.1%)

Burlington

Population

146202

Median household income

$68,750$62,969

Median home value

$137,500$116,100

Helena

Population

1,4231,487

Median household income

$73,359$64,286

Median home value

$73,600$80,500

Median gross rent

$625$568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Helena
Under 5	4.5%	1.0%
5 to 17	21.3%	3.6%
18 to 24	17.3%	0.7%
25 to 34	16.8%	3.9%
35 to 44	6.9%	35.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	22.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	17.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.0%
75 and over	1.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	56.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	9.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.9%	13.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Helena
No high school diploma	16.5%	23.7%
High school graduate	43.5%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Helena
Drove alone	72.3%	60.5%
Carpooled	17.7%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	10.0%	19.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Helena
1-unit, detached	86.5%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Helena
Poverty rate	15.4%	13.2%
Average household size	3.81	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	12	23
Median year structure built	1964	1963