Burnham vs Highland Park

A side-by-side comparison of Burnham and Highland Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Burnham and Highland Park are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burnham has the higher population (1,735 vs 1,417 in Highland Park). Highland Park has the higher median household income ($64,044 vs $62,350 in Burnham). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($182,000 vs $130,800 in Burnham).

Population, income & housing

	Burnham	Highland Park
Population	1,735	1,417
Median age	37.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,350	$64,044
Median home value	$130,800	$182,000
Median gross rent	$743	$918
Housing units	911	563
Homeownership rate	72.6%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnham	Highland Park
Population	1,906 → 1,735 (-9.0%)	1,504 → 1,417 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$50,846 → $62,350 (+22.6%)	$35,861 → $64,044 (+78.6%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $130,800 (+58.2%)	$158,700 → $182,000 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $743 (+0.3%)	$735 → $918 (+24.9%)

Burnham

Population

1,9061,735

Median household income

$50,846$62,350

Median home value

$82,700$130,800

Median gross rent

$741$743

Highland Park

Population

1,5041,417

Median household income

$35,861$64,044

Median home value

$158,700$182,000

Median gross rent

$735$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnham	Highland Park
Under 5	9.4%	8.3%
5 to 17	14.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	4.5%
25 to 34	21.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	4.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	14.9%
75 and over	8.0%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnham	Highland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	90.8%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnham	Highland Park
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	51.1%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnham	Highland Park
Drove alone	88.3%	51.8%
Carpooled	1.8%	40.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	3.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnham	Highland Park
1-unit, detached	70.7%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Burnham	Highland Park
Poverty rate	11.3%	2.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1954	1964