Burlington vs Waterford

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

Burlington and Waterford 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 5,627 in Waterford). Burlington has the higher median household income ($81,658 vs $80,380 in Waterford). Waterford has the higher median home value ($312,700 vs $268,300 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Waterford
Population	11,021	5,627
Median age	37.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,658	$80,380
Median home value	$268,300	$312,700
Median gross rent	$967	$1,278
Housing units	4,750	2,473
Homeownership rate	54.5%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Waterford
Population	10,847 → 11,021 (+1.6%)	5,452 → 5,627 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$68,564 → $81,658 (+19.1%)	$87,929 → $80,380 (-8.6%)
Median home value	$185,300 → $268,300 (+44.8%)	$211,500 → $312,700 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $967 (+14.3%)	$985 → $1,278 (+29.7%)

Burlington

Population

10,84711,021

Median household income

$68,564$81,658

Median home value

$185,300$268,300

Median gross rent

$846$967

Waterford

Population

5,4525,627

Median household income

$87,929$80,380

Median home value

$211,500$312,700

Median gross rent

$985$1,278

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Waterford
Under 5	5.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.4%
75 and over	9.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Waterford
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	88.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Waterford
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	36.4%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Waterford
Drove alone	76.4%	83.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	3.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.7%
Other means	4.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Waterford
1-unit, detached	52.8%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	17.1%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	10.6%
20 or more units	20.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Waterford
Poverty rate	11.7%	5.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1972	1991