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Burlington, KS

2,605 Population
2.3 square miles 1,157.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Coffey County: 44 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,180 ±$3,922 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Coffey County: $37,447 ±$2,197
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,882 ±$13,781 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Coffey County: $70,346 † ±$8,841
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.9% ±5.8% (423  ±145) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Coffey County: 10.7% † 878 (±2.5% / ±208)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.4 minutes ±2.9 (15,695  ±3,426) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Coffey County: 21.8 75,735 (±1 / ±5,461)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,104 ±91 Number of households
  • Coffey County: 3,545 ±109
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (2,478  ±36) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Coffey County: 2.3 8,154 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.6% ±1.6% (9  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Coffey County: 3.3% † 55 (±1.6% / ±26)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,328 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Coffey County: 3,998 ±42
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$149,300 ±$20,050 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Coffey County: $157,400 † ±$16,736
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.8% ±5.5% (462  ±143.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Coffey County: 12.4% † 1,021 (±2.4% / ±197.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.1% ±9.6% (1,637  ±199.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Coffey County: 92.3% 5,499 (±5.3% / ±319.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.1% ±5.6% (362  ±103.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Coffey County: 19.7% † 1,173 (±2.6% / ±152.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% ±1.1% (52  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Coffey County: 1.2% 97
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10% ±3.6% (195  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Coffey County: 8.3% † 539 (±1.8% / ±120)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
195 Total veterans ±70 168 Male ±63 27 Female ±29

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