Burlington vs Racine

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

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

Racine has the higher population (77,155 vs 11,021 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median household income ($81,658 vs $55,705 in Racine). Burlington has the higher median home value ($268,300 vs $158,100 in Racine).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Racine
Population	11,021	77,155
Median age	37.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,658	$55,705
Median home value	$268,300	$158,100
Median gross rent	$967	$983
Housing units	4,750	34,042
Homeownership rate	54.5%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Racine
Population	10,847 → 11,021 (+1.6%)	77,081 → 77,155 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$68,564 → $81,658 (+19.1%)	$44,056 → $55,705 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$185,300 → $268,300 (+44.8%)	$108,700 → $158,100 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $967 (+14.3%)	$831 → $983 (+18.3%)

Burlington

Population

10,84711,021

Median household income

$68,564$81,658

Median home value

$185,300$268,300

Median gross rent

$846$967

Racine

Population

77,08177,155

Median household income

$44,056$55,705

Median home value

$108,700$158,100

Median gross rent

$831$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Racine
Under 5	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.5%
75 and over	9.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Racine
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	50.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Racine
No high school diploma	4.1%	11.8%
High school graduate	36.4%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Racine
Drove alone	76.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	12.1%
Public transit	0.1%	1.9%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.4%	6.0%
Other means	4.6%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Racine
1-unit, detached	52.8%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	5.9%
20 or more units	20.3%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Racine
Poverty rate	11.7%	18.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1972	1953