Washington · Census place 5308920
Burlington, Washington
Burlington is a city in Skagit County, Washington with an estimated 10,945 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 87th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 10,945
- #87 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +18.4%
- +1,702 people
- Land area
- 4.3 sq mi
- + 0.16 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,557 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Burlington population, 2020 to 2024
Burlington added 1,702 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +18.4%. In the latest year it moved by +564. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Burlington is 60% of it.
Burlington covers 4.28 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 2,557 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Burlington is close to the typical town.
What county Burlington is in
All of Burlington's residents live in Skagit County, which had 132,736 residents in 2024. Burlington holds 8.2% 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: 98233. 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 48.466400, -122.328900. Olympia, the capital, is 102.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Vernon, WA (35,344 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Everett, WA, 35.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 48.466400, -122.328900
- DMS
- 48°27'59.04"N 122°19'44.04"W
- UTM
- 10N 549608.0E 5368358.2N
- Geohash
- c2958r4c4
- Plus code
- 84WVFM8C+HC
Daylight in Burlington
At 48.47° N, Burlington gets about 16 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 49 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 Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Vernon, 3.5 miles away, with 35,344 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Burlington, WA?
10,945 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,702 (18.4%) from 9,243 in July 2020.
What county is Burlington in?
Skagit 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: 98233.
How far is Burlington from Olympia?
102.3 miles (164.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Burlington.
What is the nearest larger city to Burlington?
Mount Vernon, WA, with 35,344 residents, 3.5 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.