Burlington vs Sturtevant

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

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

Burlington has the higher population (11,021 vs 6,787 in Sturtevant). Sturtevant has the higher median household income ($84,479 vs $81,658 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median home value ($268,300 vs $231,000 in Sturtevant).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Sturtevant
Population	11,021	6,787
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,658	$84,479
Median home value	$268,300	$231,000
Median gross rent	$967	$896
Housing units	4,750	1,899
Homeownership rate	54.5%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Sturtevant
Population	10,847 → 11,021 (+1.6%)	6,606 → 6,787 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$68,564 → $81,658 (+19.1%)	$65,718 → $84,479 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$185,300 → $268,300 (+44.8%)	$160,200 → $231,000 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $967 (+14.3%)	$864 → $896 (+3.7%)

Burlington

Population

10,84711,021

Median household income

$68,564$81,658

Median home value

$185,300$268,300

Median gross rent

$846$967

Sturtevant

Population

6,6066,787

Median household income

$65,718$84,479

Median home value

$160,200$231,000

Median gross rent

$864$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Sturtevant
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	18.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	19.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.2%
75 and over	9.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Sturtevant
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	68.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	1.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Sturtevant
No high school diploma	4.1%	11.7%
High school graduate	36.4%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Sturtevant
Drove alone	76.4%	87.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	4.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.4%
Other means	4.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Sturtevant
1-unit, detached	52.8%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	16.7%
20 or more units	20.3%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Sturtevant
Poverty rate	11.7%	8.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1972	1976