Population: 46,645
Males: 21,114 (47.0%), Females: 23,803 (53.0%)

Elevation: 663 feet

County: Alamance

Land area: 21.3 square miles

Zip codes: 27215, 27217.

Median resident age: 36.9 years
Median household income: $35,301
Median house value: $136,100

Races in Burlington:

• White Non-Hispanic (62.0%)

• Black (25.1%)

• Hispanic (10.1%)

• Other race (5.2%)

• Two or more races (1.4%)

• American Indian (0.7%)

• Asian Indian (0.6%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: United States (13.2%), English (8.8%), German (8.0%), Irish (6.7%), Scotch-Irish (3.7%), Scottish (2.2%).

For population 25 years and over in Burlington

• High school or higher: 74.2%

• Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.7%

• Graduate or professional degree: 6.1%

• Unemployed: 5.5%

• Mean travel time to work: 18.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Burlington city

• Never married: 26.5%

• Now married: 50.4%

• Separated: 3.5%

• Widowed: 9.2%

• Divorced: 10.3%

9.7% Foreign born (7.2% Latin America, 1.6% Asia).

Population change in the 1990s: +3,980 (+9.7%).