Humidity & wind
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Population
61,496
US Census estimate, July 2025
Median home value
$199,200
Owner-occupied units
Burlington, NC
North Carolina · 36.076° N, 79.468° W · 31 sq mi
Burlington is a city in North Carolina, with a population of 61,496 and about 1,967 residents per square mile. The median household earns $56,880 a year, and the median home is worth $199,200.
Conditions
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Local time
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Size & density
Land area
31 sq mi
Water excluded
Population density
1,967
People per square mile
Rank by population
#702
Of cities on this site
Rank by area
#445
Of cities on this site
Money & housing
Median household income
$56,880
US median ≈ $78,538
Median gross rent
$1,051
Per month
Homeownership
53.8%
US ≈ 65%
Average commute
23.7 min
One way
People
Median age
40.1
US median 39.1
Bachelor's degree +
29.6%
Age 25 and over
Foreign born
13.7%
Households
25,505
2.31 people each
What people here do for work
Education & health care 29.1%
Manufacturing 15.5%
Arts, food & hospitality 9.7%
Retail trade 9.2%
Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024
Wealthiest person in North Carolina
Name
James Goodnight
Forbes, Apr 2025
Net worth
$9.8B
As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live
Lives in
Cary
Source of wealth
Software
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
Largest employer in North Carolina · private sector
Employer
Atrium Health
Sector
Healthcare
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.
Largest public company in North Carolina
Company
Bank of America
Revenue
$192.4B
Fiscal year 2024
Headquarters
Charlotte
Ticker
BAC
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
State of North Carolina
State bird
Northern Cardinal
State flower
Flowering Dogwood
State capital
Raleigh
Nickname
The Tar Heel State
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Cities near Burlington
- Greensboro, NC20 mi · 308,667
- Chapel Hill, NC26 mi · 63,565
- High Point, NC30 mi · 120,571
- Durham, NC33 mi · 305,561
- Cary, NC41 mi · 183,582
- Apex, NC41 mi · 80,419
- Winston-Salem, NC44 mi · 257,271
- Holly Springs, NC46 mi · 50,288
Cities about the same size
- Corvallis, OR61,499
- Palm Harbor, FL61,512
- St. Peters, MO61,479
- Springfield, OR61,431
- Saratoga Springs, UT61,397
- Blue Springs, MO61,632
- Stonecrest, GA61,337
- Spring Hill, TN61,336
More in North Carolina
- Charlotte964,784
- Raleigh506,306
- Fayetteville209,120
- Wilmington126,809
- Concord114,598
- Greenville96,443
- Asheville93,523
- Gastonia87,067