Kansas · Census place 2009400
Burlington, Kansas
Burlington is a city in Coffey County, Kansas with an estimated 2,596 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 98th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,596
- #98 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -1.4%
- -36 people
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,154 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Burlington population, 2020 to 2024
Burlington lost 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -2.
Burlington covers 2.25 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,154 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Burlington is less dense than the typical town.
What county Burlington is in
All of Burlington's residents live in Coffey County, which had 8,301 residents in 2024. Burlington holds 31.3% 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: 66839. 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 38.193300, -95.745400. Topeka, the capital, is 59.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Iola, KS (5,309 people), 26.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Topeka, KS, 58.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.193300, -95.745400
- DMS
- 38°11'35.88"N 95°44'43.44"W
- UTM
- 15N 259573.4E 4230825.6N
- Geohash
- 9ygcm2bk4
- Plus code
- 86C657V3+8R
Daylight in Burlington
At 38.19° N, Burlington gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 19 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 Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Yates Center, 22.5 miles away, with 1,315 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Burlington, KS?
2,596 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 36 (1.4%) from 2,632 in July 2020.
What county is Burlington in?
Coffey County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Burlington?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66839.
How far is Burlington from Topeka?
59.1 miles (95.1 km) in a straight line, heading N from Burlington.
What is the nearest larger city to Burlington?
Iola, KS, with 5,309 residents, 26.2 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.