Burlington is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 59,287 people and 16 constituent neighborhoods, Burlington is the 18th largest community in North Carolina.
In terms of college education, Burlington is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.17% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Burlington in 2018 was $29,163, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,652 for a family of four. However, Burlington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Burlington is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Burlington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burlington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Burlington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Burlington include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Burlington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.