Burlington vs Mount Vernon

A side-by-side comparison of Burlington and Mount Vernon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (35,312 vs 9,637 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median household income ($74,028 vs $73,277 in Mount Vernon). Burlington has the higher median home value ($432,900 vs $429,300 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Mount Vernon
Population	9,637	35,312
Median age	36.2 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,028	$73,277
Median home value	$432,900	$429,300
Median gross rent	$1,593	$1,255
Housing units	4,248	13,552
Homeownership rate	49.7%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Mount Vernon
Population	8,881 → 9,637 (+8.5%)	35,026 → 35,312 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$49,641 → $74,028 (+49.1%)	$62,056 → $73,277 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$240,800 → $432,900 (+79.8%)	$269,100 → $429,300 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,092 → $1,593 (+45.9%)	$1,019 → $1,255 (+23.2%)

Burlington

Population

8,8819,637

Median household income

$49,641$74,028

Median home value

$240,800$432,900

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,593

Mount Vernon

Population

35,02635,312

Median household income

$62,056$73,277

Median home value

$269,100$429,300

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Mount Vernon
Under 5	4.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.5%
75 and over	8.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	54.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.5%
Asian	2.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.1%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	8.9%	12.9%
High school graduate	32.0%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	75.6%	74.8%
Carpooled	15.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.7%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	54.4%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	16.2%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	11.5%	16.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1988	1987