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Burlington, NJ
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Living in Burlington



Burlington is a somewhat small city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 10,016 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Burlington is the 205th largest community in New Jersey. Burlington has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

Also of interest is that Burlington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

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: 26.69% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Burlington in 2022 was $36,714, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,856 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 14.96% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Burlington include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Burlington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.