Burlington

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Burlington

Total population

59,610

Median home value

$199,200

29.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$56,880

Burlington$57k

National$74k

Weather59°F · Mostly Clear

Coordinates36.08°, -79.47°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Burlington is a city in Alamance and Guilford counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the principal city of the Burlington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Alamance County, in which most of the city is located, and is a part of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area. The population was 57,303 at the 2020 census, which makes Burlington the 18th-most populous city in North Carolina.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Burlington, NC from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Torry Holt

American football player (born 1976)

Thomas Michael Holt

American politician (1831-1896)

Robert Williams

American actor (1894-1931)

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Emma Tillman

Supercentenarian, oldest person in the world

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Maury Laws

American television and film composer (1923-2019)

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Tequan Richmond

American actor

Charley Jones

baseball player (1850–1911)

Dave Sappelt

baseball player

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Geoff Crompton

American basketball player (1955-2002)

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Jesse Branson

American basketball player (1942-2014)

Josh Bush

American football safety

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Andy Albright

businessperson

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Bill Hollar

former NASCAR driver (1938-2012)

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Billy Bryan

American football player

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Bobby Bennett

American singer

Brandon Tate

American football player (born 1987)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in North Carolina

• Elon
  2.9 mi away
• Glen Raven
  3.3 mi away
• Gibsonville
  4.5 mi away
• Graham
  4.6 mi away
• Ossipee
  6.8 mi away
• Green Level
  7.6 mi away
• McLeansville
  10.5 mi away
• Mebane
  10.7 mi away
• Forest Oaks
  14.7 mi away
• Liberty
  16.3 mi away
• Efland
  16.6 mi away
• Hillsborough
  20.7 mi away

Browse all places in North Carolina →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Burlington

Burlington, North Carolina Telephone Directories

Inc United Telephone Company of the Carolinas · 1961

City Maps Burlington North Carolina, USA

James McFee · 2017

Advance report on the sedimentation survey of Burlington Reservoir, Burlington, North Carolina, April 16 to May 21, 1938

Mark P. Connaughton · 1938

Community impact evaluation of the Alamance County Community Services Agency, Inc., Burlington, North Carolina

Larry Keating · 1979

Survey of food utilization in school lunch programs in two Burlington, North Carolina schools

United States. Agricultural Marketing Service. Food Distribution Division · 1957

Report on the prospects for a new church in Burlington, North Carolina

John C. Justice · 1962

Our goodly heritage

Richard Joseph Moore · 1984

Oral history interview with Betty and Lloyd Davidson, 1979 February 2 and 15, Burlington, North Carolina

Betty Davidson · 2001

Search results from Open Library.