Burlington, Iowa

Burlington population, 2020 to 2024

Burlington lost 331 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -22. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 72nd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Burlington is 2.5 times that size.

Burlington covers 14.41 square miles of land and 0.76 of water, for 1,640 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Burlington is denser than the typical town.

What county Burlington is in

All of Burlington's residents live in Des Moines County, which had 38,411 residents in 2024. Burlington holds 61.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Burlington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Burlington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52601. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Burlington is

The Census internal point of Burlington is at 40.807100, -91.123700. Des Moines, the capital, is 139.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Galesburg, IL (29,289 people), 40.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 58.4 miles away.

Daylight in Burlington

At 40.81° N, Burlington gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Burlington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is West Burlington, 2.9 miles away, with 3,249 people.