Burlington vs Wind Lake

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

Burlington and Wind Lake 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 5,028 in Wind Lake). Wind Lake has the higher median household income ($100,306 vs $81,658 in Burlington). Wind Lake has the higher median home value ($357,500 vs $268,300 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Wind Lake
Population	11,021	5,028
Median age	37.9 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,658	$100,306
Median home value	$268,300	$357,500
Median gross rent	$967	$1,158
Housing units	4,750	2,364
Homeownership rate	54.5%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Wind Lake
Population	10,847 → 11,021 (+1.6%)	5,364 → 5,028 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$68,564 → $81,658 (+19.1%)	$92,778 → $100,306 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$185,300 → $268,300 (+44.8%)	$270,300 → $357,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $967 (+14.3%)	$974 → $1,158 (+18.9%)

Burlington

Population

10,84711,021

Median household income

$68,564$81,658

Median home value

$185,300$268,300

Median gross rent

$846$967

Wind Lake

Population

5,3645,028

Median household income

$92,778$100,306

Median home value

$270,300$357,500

Median gross rent

$974$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Wind Lake
Under 5	5.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	5.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	21.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.4%
75 and over	9.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Wind Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Wind Lake
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	36.4%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Wind Lake
Drove alone	76.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	9.6%
Other means	4.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Wind Lake
1-unit, detached	52.8%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	3.5%
20 or more units	20.3%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Wind Lake
Poverty rate	11.7%	7.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1972	1982