Burlington vs Fort Ashby

A side-by-side comparison of Burlington and Fort Ashby: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Ashby has the higher population (1,011 vs 109 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median home value ($286,500 vs $215,400 in Fort Ashby). Since 2019, Burlington's population has grown faster (-11.4% vs -26.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Fort Ashby
Population	109	1,011
Median age	42.2 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,028	—
Median home value	$286,500	$215,400
Median gross rent	—	$905
Housing units	76	557
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Fort Ashby
Population	123 → 109 (-11.4%)	1,369 → 1,011 (-26.2%)
Median household income	$83,438 → $99,028 (+18.7%)	$55,197 → $41,992 (-23.9%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $286,500 (+88.1%)	$151,200 → $215,400 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$728 → $905 (+24.3%)

Burlington

Population

123109

Median household income

$83,438$99,028

Median home value

$152,300$286,500

Fort Ashby

Population

1,3691,011

Median household income

$55,197$41,992

Median home value

$151,200$215,400

Median gross rent

$728$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Fort Ashby
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	36.7%	9.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	33.9%	3.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	16.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.5%
75 and over	0.0%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Fort Ashby
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	98.5%
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%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Fort Ashby
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	37.7%	57.6%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Fort Ashby
Drove alone	100.0%	94.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Fort Ashby
1-unit, detached	100.0%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Fort Ashby
Poverty rate	0.0%	20.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	2012	1976