Burien vs Issaquah

A side-by-side comparison of Burien and Issaquah: population, income, housing, and more.

Burien and Issaquah are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burien has the higher population (51,331 vs 39,472 in Issaquah). Issaquah has the higher median household income ($153,786 vs $90,597 in Burien). Issaquah has the higher median home value ($934,100 vs $609,300 in Burien).

Population, income & housing

	Burien	Issaquah
Population	51,331	39,472
Median age	39.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,597	$153,786
Median home value	$609,300	$934,100
Median gross rent	$1,742	$2,484
Housing units	21,184	17,180
Homeownership rate	56.9%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	69.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burien	Issaquah
Population	51,477 → 51,331 (-0.3%)	37,965 → 39,472 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$67,402 → $90,597 (+34.4%)	$109,676 → $153,786 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$380,300 → $609,300 (+60.2%)	$642,300 → $934,100 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,742 (+37.4%)	$1,982 → $2,484 (+25.3%)

Burien

Population

51,47751,331

Median household income

$67,402$90,597

Median home value

$380,300$609,300

Median gross rent

$1,268$1,742

Issaquah

Population

37,96539,472

Median household income

$109,676$153,786

Median home value

$642,300$934,100

Median gross rent

$1,982$2,484

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burien	Issaquah
Under 5	5.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	19.0%
35 to 44	15.6%	18.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	8.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.4%
75 and over	5.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burien	Issaquah
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	56.1%
Black or African American	7.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	15.0%	27.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burien	Issaquah
No high school diploma	15.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	21.8%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burien	Issaquah
Drove alone	61.8%	49.7%
Carpooled	13.6%	6.8%
Public transit	6.5%	3.5%
Walked	1.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.8%	36.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burien	Issaquah
1-unit, detached	59.6%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	15.4%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	19.5%
20 or more units	15.1%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burien	Issaquah
Poverty rate	10.4%	5.9%
Average household size	2.56	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1965	2002