Burlington vs Elk Garden

A side-by-side comparison of Burlington and Elk Garden: population, income, housing, and more.

Burlington and Elk Garden are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elk Garden has the higher population (195 vs 109 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median household income ($99,028 vs $58,750 in Elk Garden). Burlington has the higher median home value ($286,500 vs $81,800 in Elk Garden).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Elk Garden
Population	109	195
Median age	42.2 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,028	$58,750
Median home value	$286,500	$81,800
Housing units	76	76
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Elk Garden
Population	123 → 109 (-11.4%)	185 → 195 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$83,438 → $99,028 (+18.7%)	$34,375 → $58,750 (+70.9%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $286,500 (+88.1%)	$81,400 → $81,800 (+0.5%)

Burlington

Population

123109

Median household income

$83,438$99,028

Median home value

$152,300$286,500

Elk Garden

Population

185195

Median household income

$34,375$58,750

Median home value

$81,400$81,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Elk Garden
Under 5	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	36.7%	28.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	33.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	15.6%	3.1%
75 and over	0.0%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Elk Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	10.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Elk Garden
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.9%
High school graduate	37.7%	71.1%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Elk Garden
Drove alone	100.0%	53.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	23.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Elk Garden
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Elk Garden
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.5%
Average household size	2.38	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	—	57
Median year structure built	2012	1978