Burien vs Shoreline

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

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

Shoreline has the higher population (59,280 vs 51,331 in Burien). Shoreline has the higher median household income ($113,336 vs $90,597 in Burien). Shoreline has the higher median home value ($759,400 vs $609,300 in Burien).

Population, income & housing

	Burien	Shoreline
Population	51,331	59,280
Median age	39.8 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,597	$113,336
Median home value	$609,300	$759,400
Median gross rent	$1,742	$1,938
Housing units	21,184	24,280
Homeownership rate	56.9%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burien	Shoreline
Population	51,477 → 51,331 (-0.3%)	56,267 → 59,280 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$67,402 → $90,597 (+34.4%)	$86,827 → $113,336 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$380,300 → $609,300 (+60.2%)	$519,900 → $759,400 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,742 (+37.4%)	$1,574 → $1,938 (+23.1%)

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

Shoreline

Population

56,26759,280

Median household income

$86,827$113,336

Median home value

$519,900$759,400

Median gross rent

$1,574$1,938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burien	Shoreline
Under 5	5.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.7%
75 and over	5.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burien	Shoreline
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	63.2%
Black or African American	7.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	15.0%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burien	Shoreline
No high school diploma	15.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	21.8%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burien	Shoreline
Drove alone	61.8%	59.1%
Carpooled	13.6%	7.8%
Public transit	6.5%	7.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	15.8%	22.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burien	Shoreline
1-unit, detached	59.6%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	7.4%
20 or more units	15.1%	19.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Burien	Shoreline
Poverty rate	10.4%	8.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1965	1968