Burlington vs Union Grove

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

Burlington and Union Grove 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 4,968 in Union Grove). Union Grove has the higher median household income ($94,621 vs $81,658 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median home value ($268,300 vs $258,100 in Union Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Union Grove
Population	11,021	4,968
Median age	37.9 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,658	$94,621
Median home value	$268,300	$258,100
Median gross rent	$967	$1,051
Housing units	4,750	1,998
Homeownership rate	54.5%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Union Grove
Population	10,847 → 11,021 (+1.6%)	4,963 → 4,968 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$68,564 → $81,658 (+19.1%)	$67,405 → $94,621 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$185,300 → $268,300 (+44.8%)	$174,100 → $258,100 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $967 (+14.3%)	$881 → $1,051 (+19.3%)

Burlington

Population

10,84711,021

Median household income

$68,564$81,658

Median home value

$185,300$268,300

Median gross rent

$846$967

Union Grove

Population

4,9634,968

Median household income

$67,405$94,621

Median home value

$174,100$258,100

Median gross rent

$881$1,051

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Union Grove
Under 5	5.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.5%
75 and over	9.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Union Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	85.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Union Grove
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	36.4%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Union Grove
Drove alone	76.4%	82.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.9%
Public transit	0.1%	3.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.7%
Other means	4.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Union Grove
1-unit, detached	52.8%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	23.4%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	11.2%
20 or more units	20.3%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Union Grove
Poverty rate	11.7%	10.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1972	1976