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Burlington city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Burlington city is a Census city of 23,728 people across 14.41 square miles of land, in Des Moines County. Median household income is $59,000, 70.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.8 m.
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Burlington
What Burlington is
- Census place typecity
- Land area14.41 sq mi
- Water area0.76 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,647
- County holding the largest share of its areaDes Moines County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Burlington
How many people live in Burlington
- Population23,728
- Median age42.5
- Population under 185,312
- Share under 1822.4 percent
- Population 65 and over5,107
- Share 65 and over21.5 percent
- Households11,070
- Family households6,399
- Share of households that are families57.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Burlington
Income and work in Burlington
- Median household income$59,000
- Per capita income$34,430
- Civilian labor force11,715
- Employed11,263
- Unemployed452 plus or minus 187
- Unemployment rate3.9 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over16,856
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Burlington
Housing in Burlington
- Housing units12,296
- Occupied units11,070
- Vacant units1,226 plus or minus 276
- Vacancy rate10.0 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Owner occupied7,820
- Renter occupied3,250
- Ownership rate70.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$114,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$924
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.8 percent
- Single family units9,996
- Share single family81.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,121
- Share in buildings of two or more17.2 percent
- Mobile homes179 plus or minus 75
- Median year structure built1951
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Burlington
How Burlington gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute10,611
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,524
- Share commuting under 15 minutes61.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,520
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more14.3 percent
- Drove alone80.2 percent
- Carpooled11.3 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home5.1 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Burlington
SBA loans in Burlington (7(a))
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$6,844,500
- Average approval$622,227
- Median approval$325,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,507,000
- Largest approval$2,197,500
- Jobs supported79
- Jobs per approval7.2
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more27.3 percent
- Share to franchises27.3 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Burlington
SBA loans in Burlington (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,714,000
- Average approval$571,333
- Median approval$414,000
- Largest approval$896,000
- Jobs supported65
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Des Moines County, not Burlington
Des Moines County context, not Burlington figures
These are Des Moines County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Burlington measurements.
- Establishments in Des Moines County1,065
- Employment at those establishments, Des Moines County18,107
- Covered employment, Des Moines County19,833
- Average annual pay, Des Moines County$52,718
- Average weekly wage, Des Moines County$1,014
- Housing units permitted, Des Moines County55
- Of those, single family, Des Moines County15
- County product, 2024, Des Moines County$2,923,864,000
- County product change over the prior year, Des Moines County6.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Des Moines County$54,671
Every figure in this section is published for Des Moines County as a whole and is not a measurement of Burlington. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Burlington questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Burlington, Iowa?
23,728, in 11,070 households. Burlington city covers 14.41 square miles of land, which is 1,647 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Burlington in?
Des Moines County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Burlington?
$59,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $114,300. Median gross rent is $924 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Burlington businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totalling $6.8 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $325,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Burlington, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Burlington borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Burlington. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Burlington figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Des Moines County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Burlington.
Is zoning published for Burlington?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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