Burke vs Reston

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

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

Reston has the higher population (63,542 vs 43,336 in Burke). Burke has the higher median household income ($179,063 vs $139,515 in Reston). Burke has the higher median home value ($696,800 vs $616,000 in Reston).

Population, income & housing

	Burke	Reston
Population	43,336	63,542
Median age	40.3 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$179,063	$139,515
Median home value	$696,800	$616,000
Median gross rent	$2,715	$2,170
Housing units	13,873	30,274
Homeownership rate	89.6%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	70.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burke	Reston
Population	42,806 → 43,336 (+1.2%)	61,147 → 63,542 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$145,234 → $179,063 (+23.3%)	$120,396 → $139,515 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$541,900 → $696,800 (+28.6%)	$499,200 → $616,000 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,424 → $2,715 (+12.0%)	$1,859 → $2,170 (+16.7%)

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

Reston

Population

61,14763,542

Median household income

$120,396$139,515

Median home value

$499,200$616,000

Median gross rent

$1,859$2,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burke	Reston
Under 5	6.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.7%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	17.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.1%
75 and over	6.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burke	Reston
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	58.3%
Black or African American	6.4%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.1%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burke	Reston
No high school diploma	4.3%	4.6%
High school graduate	10.7%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	34.5%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burke	Reston
Drove alone	61.3%	53.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.4%
Public transit	3.2%	6.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	26.2%	30.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burke	Reston
1-unit, detached	63.6%	20.3%
1-unit, attached	34.4%	30.5%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	20.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	25.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Burke	Reston
Poverty rate	2.7%	5.4%
Average household size	3.15	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1979	1983