Burlington, North Carolina

Burlington population, 2020 to 2024

Burlington added 3,818 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,015. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 58th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Burlington is 4.2 times that size.

Burlington covers 30.79 square miles of land and 1.56 of water, for 1,993 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Burlington is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Burlington spans

Burlington crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 61,365 residents as follows; Alamance County holds 95.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Burlington

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Burlington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 27215, 27217. 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 36.076100, -79.468300. Raleigh, the capital, is 50.7 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greensboro, NC (307,381 people), 19.9 miles away.

Daylight in Burlington

At 36.08° N, Burlington gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 55 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 North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Elon, 2.9 miles away, with 11,282 people.