Burke Centre vs Idylwood

A side-by-side comparison of Burke Centre and Idylwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Burke Centre and Idylwood are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Idylwood has the higher population (17,469 vs 17,447 in Burke Centre). Burke Centre has the higher median household income ($159,932 vs $118,443 in Idylwood). Idylwood has the higher median home value ($708,400 vs $615,400 in Burke Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Burke Centre	Idylwood
Population	17,447	17,469
Median age	38.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$159,932	$118,443
Median home value	$615,400	$708,400
Median gross rent	$2,360	$2,022
Housing units	6,309	7,346
Homeownership rate	80.1%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.5%	61.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burke Centre	Idylwood
Population	17,894 → 17,447 (-2.5%)	18,273 → 17,469 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$132,034 → $159,932 (+21.1%)	$113,481 → $118,443 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$462,400 → $615,400 (+33.1%)	$571,900 → $708,400 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,968 → $2,360 (+19.9%)	$1,796 → $2,022 (+12.6%)

Burke Centre

Population

17,89417,447

Median household income

$132,034$159,932

Median home value

$462,400$615,400

Median gross rent

$1,968$2,360

Idylwood

Population

18,27317,469

Median household income

$113,481$118,443

Median home value

$571,900$708,400

Median gross rent

$1,796$2,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burke Centre	Idylwood
Under 5	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	16.3%	18.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.5%
75 and over	5.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burke Centre	Idylwood
White (non-Hispanic)	57.6%	46.2%
Black or African American	6.7%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	15.6%	19.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.8%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	20.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burke Centre	Idylwood
No high school diploma	4.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	10.7%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burke Centre	Idylwood
Drove alone	65.8%	59.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.1%
Public transit	3.0%	7.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	23.4%	22.0%
Other means	0.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burke Centre	Idylwood
1-unit, detached	38.3%	27.8%
1-unit, attached	44.5%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	32.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	21.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burke Centre	Idylwood
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.7%
Average household size	2.87	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1983	1976