Burlington vs Mount Pleasant

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

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

Mount Pleasant has the higher population (27,694 vs 11,021 in Burlington). Mount Pleasant has the higher median household income ($90,189 vs $81,658 in Burlington). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($269,900 vs $268,300 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Mount Pleasant
Population	11,021	27,694
Median age	37.9 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,658	$90,189
Median home value	$268,300	$269,900
Median gross rent	$967	$1,045
Housing units	4,750	12,061
Homeownership rate	54.5%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Mount Pleasant
Population	10,847 → 11,021 (+1.6%)	26,928 → 27,694 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$68,564 → $81,658 (+19.1%)	$69,485 → $90,189 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$185,300 → $268,300 (+44.8%)	$190,800 → $269,900 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $967 (+14.3%)	$859 → $1,045 (+21.7%)

Burlington

Population

10,84711,021

Median household income

$68,564$81,658

Median home value

$185,300$268,300

Median gross rent

$846$967

Mount Pleasant

Population

26,92827,694

Median household income

$69,485$90,189

Median home value

$190,800$269,900

Median gross rent

$859$1,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	5.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.3%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.7%
75 and over	9.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	69.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	36.4%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	76.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.4%	11.0%
Other means	4.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	52.8%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	16.4%
20 or more units	20.3%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	11.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1972	1981