Burke vs Centreville

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

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

Centreville has the higher population (71,885 vs 43,336 in Burke). Burke has the higher median household income ($179,063 vs $143,704 in Centreville). Burke has the higher median home value ($696,800 vs $565,900 in Centreville).

Population, income & housing

	Burke	Centreville
Population	43,336	71,885
Median age	40.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$179,063	$143,704
Median home value	$696,800	$565,900
Median gross rent	$2,715	$2,238
Housing units	13,873	25,431
Homeownership rate	89.6%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burke	Centreville
Population	42,806 → 43,336 (+1.2%)	74,125 → 71,885 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$145,234 → $179,063 (+23.3%)	$118,158 → $143,704 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$541,900 → $696,800 (+28.6%)	$437,500 → $565,900 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,424 → $2,715 (+12.0%)	$1,870 → $2,238 (+19.7%)

Burke

Population

42,80643,336

Median household income

$145,234$179,063

Median home value

$541,900$696,800

Median gross rent

$2,424$2,715

Centreville

Population

74,12571,885

Median household income

$118,158$143,704

Median home value

$437,500$565,900

Median gross rent

$1,870$2,238

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burke	Centreville
Under 5	6.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.6%
75 and over	6.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burke	Centreville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	40.4%
Black or African American	6.4%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.1%	28.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burke	Centreville
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	10.7%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	34.5%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burke	Centreville
Drove alone	61.3%	68.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.5%
Public transit	3.2%	1.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	26.2%	19.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burke	Centreville
1-unit, detached	63.6%	32.5%
1-unit, attached	34.4%	47.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burke	Centreville
Poverty rate	2.7%	6.1%
Average household size	3.15	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1979	1991