Burke vs Springfield

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

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

Burke has the higher population (43,336 vs 30,894 in Springfield). Burke has the higher median household income ($179,063 vs $123,691 in Springfield). Burke has the higher median home value ($696,800 vs $622,200 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Burke	Springfield
Population	43,336	30,894
Median age	40.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$179,063	$123,691
Median home value	$696,800	$622,200
Median gross rent	$2,715	$2,643
Housing units	13,873	10,816
Homeownership rate	89.6%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burke	Springfield
Population	42,806 → 43,336 (+1.2%)	32,222 → 30,894 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$145,234 → $179,063 (+23.3%)	$101,814 → $123,691 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$541,900 → $696,800 (+28.6%)	$468,100 → $622,200 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,424 → $2,715 (+12.0%)	$2,102 → $2,643 (+25.7%)

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

Springfield

Population

32,22230,894

Median household income

$101,814$123,691

Median home value

$468,100$622,200

Median gross rent

$2,102$2,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burke	Springfield
Under 5	6.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.8%
75 and over	6.1%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burke	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	31.9%
Black or African American	6.4%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	17.1%	31.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burke	Springfield
No high school diploma	4.3%	12.3%
High school graduate	10.7%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	34.5%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burke	Springfield
Drove alone	61.3%	60.4%
Carpooled	7.6%	12.8%
Public transit	3.2%	7.8%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	15.3%
Other means	0.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burke	Springfield
1-unit, detached	63.6%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	34.4%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Burke	Springfield
Poverty rate	2.7%	7.8%
Average household size	3.15	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1979	1974