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Burlington Area School District

Burlington Area School District is a unified school district in Wisconsin with a community population of 23,410. The median household income is $89,568 and the median age is 44.5.

23,410

Population

240

People / sq mi

$89,568

Median Income

44.5

Median Age

Burlington Area School District covers 98 sq mi of land at 239.8 people per square mile.

Race & Ethnicity

White91.5%
Black or African American0.0%
Asian61.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)0.1%

Economy & Income

$89,568

Median Household Income

$49,220

Per Capita Income

4.1%

Poverty Rate

2.2%

Unemployment

Housing

$292,400

Median Home Value

$1,053

Median Rent

73.2%

Homeownership

Education Attainment

94.8%

High School+

27.5%

Bachelor's+

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Frequently Asked Questions

Burlington Area School District serves a community with a population of 23,410 according to the latest Census ACS 5-Year estimates. This unified school district is located in Wisconsin.

The median household income in Burlington Area School District is $89,568, with a per capita income of $49,220. The poverty rate is 4.1%.

Burlington Area School District is 91.5% White, 0.0% Black or African American, 61.1% Asian, and 0.1% Hispanic or Latino, per Census ACS data.

In Burlington Area School District, 94.8% of adults have a high school diploma or higher, and 27.5% hold a bachelor's degree or higher, per Census ACS estimates.

The median home value in Burlington Area School District is $292,400, with a median rent of $1,053. The homeownership rate is 73.2%.

Data for Burlington Area School District from the American Community Survey 5-Year estimates. Land area from Census Gazetteer files. This is a unified school district (GEOID: 5501890).

For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS and decennial files. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the the U.S. Census Bureau ACS and decennial files portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. states, metros, cities, and ZIPs. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, 2026.