Burlington vs Piedmont

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

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

Piedmont has the higher population (872 vs 109 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median household income ($99,028 vs $44,792 in Piedmont). Burlington has the higher median home value ($286,500 vs $44,500 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Piedmont
Population	109	872
Median age	42.2 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$99,028	$44,792
Median home value	$286,500	$44,500
Median gross rent	—	$489
Housing units	76	455
Homeownership rate	100.0%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Piedmont
Population	123 → 109 (-11.4%)	778 → 872 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$83,438 → $99,028 (+18.7%)	$34,737 → $44,792 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $286,500 (+88.1%)	$47,700 → $44,500 (-6.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$457 → $489 (+7.0%)

Burlington

Population

123109

Median household income

$83,438$99,028

Median home value

$152,300$286,500

Piedmont

Population

778872

Median household income

$34,737$44,792

Median home value

$47,700$44,500

Median gross rent

$457$489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Piedmont
Under 5	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	36.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.1%
35 to 44	33.9%	19.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	21.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	15.6%	9.2%
75 and over	0.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	76.1%
Black or African American	10.1%	20.3%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Piedmont
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	37.7%	60.0%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Piedmont
Drove alone	100.0%	83.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	6.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	100.0%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Piedmont
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	2012	1938