Burlington vs Ridgeley

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

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

Ridgeley has the higher population (304 vs 109 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median household income ($99,028 vs $51,667 in Ridgeley). Burlington has the higher median home value ($286,500 vs $138,100 in Ridgeley).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Ridgeley
Population	109	304
Median age	42.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$99,028	$51,667
Median home value	$286,500	$138,100
Median gross rent	—	$890
Housing units	76	242
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Ridgeley
Population	123 → 109 (-11.4%)	657 → 304 (-53.7%)
Median household income	$83,438 → $99,028 (+18.7%)	$30,893 → $51,667 (+67.2%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $286,500 (+88.1%)	$75,700 → $138,100 (+82.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$633 → $890 (+40.6%)

Burlington

Population

123109

Median household income

$83,438$99,028

Median home value

$152,300$286,500

Ridgeley

Population

657304

Median household income

$30,893$51,667

Median home value

$75,700$138,100

Median gross rent

$633$890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Ridgeley
Under 5	0.0%	13.2%
5 to 17	36.7%	9.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	33.9%	8.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	6.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	15.6%	7.6%
75 and over	0.0%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Ridgeley
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	10.1%	1.0%
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%	3.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Ridgeley
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	37.7%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Ridgeley
Drove alone	100.0%	76.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Ridgeley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Ridgeley
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.38	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	2012	1946