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Burlington, NJ
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Living in Burlington



Burlington is a medium-sized city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 10,024 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Burlington is the 205th largest community in New Jersey. Much of the housing stock in Burlington was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.75% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Burlington, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.28 minutes every day commuting to work.

The overall education level of Burlington is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.24% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Burlington in 2022 was $37,628, 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 $150,512 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 15.08% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Burlington include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Jamaican.

Burlington also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.01%.

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