Burke vs McLean

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

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

McLean has the higher population (50,232 vs 43,336 in Burke). McLean has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $179,063 in Burke). McLean has the higher median home value ($1,304,900 vs $696,800 in Burke).

Population, income & housing

	Burke	McLean
Population	43,336	50,232
Median age	40.3 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$179,063	$250,001
Median home value	$696,800	$1,304,900
Median gross rent	$2,715	$3,376
Housing units	13,873	17,765
Homeownership rate	89.6%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	85.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burke	McLean
Population	42,806 → 43,336 (+1.2%)	47,682 → 50,232 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$145,234 → $179,063 (+23.3%)	$207,184 → $250,001 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$541,900 → $696,800 (+28.6%)	$1,031,200 → $1,304,900 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,424 → $2,715 (+12.0%)	$3,065 → $3,376 (+10.1%)

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

McLean

Population

47,68250,232

Median household income

$207,184$250,001

Median home value

$1,031,200$1,304,900

Median gross rent

$3,065$3,376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burke	McLean
Under 5	6.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	20.7%	21.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	4.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	17.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.0%
75 and over	6.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burke	McLean
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	65.8%
Black or African American	6.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.1%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burke	McLean
No high school diploma	4.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	10.7%	4.5%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	34.5%	56.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burke	McLean
Drove alone	61.3%	53.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.9%
Public transit	3.2%	3.8%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	26.2%	35.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burke	McLean
1-unit, detached	63.6%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	34.4%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burke	McLean
Poverty rate	2.7%	2.7%
Average household size	3.15	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1979	1976