† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBurlingtonMassachusettsUnited States
Irish21.1%18.6%9.4%
Italian14.0%11.1%4.8%
English11.2%9.7%9.5%
German7.3%5.4%12.5%
French3.7%4.7%1.6%
Polish3.6%3.4%2.2%
American3.6%3.3%5.3%
French Canadian2.7%——
Chinese4.9%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian4.3%1.9%1.4%
Cambodian1.2%0.4%—
Vietnamese1.0%0.8%0.6%
Korean0.9%0.4%0.4%
Nepalese0.3%——
Taiwanese0.3%——
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Puerto Rican1.2%4.6%1.8%
Salvadoran0.7%1.1%0.7%
Mexican0.5%0.8%11.3%
Guatemalan0.4%0.8%0.5%
Dominican0.4%2.7%0.7%
Colombian0.3%0.6%0.4%
Ecuadorian0.2%0.3%—
African American†0.8%2.6%9.9%
Haitian0.3%1.1%0.3%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Burlington
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
45.9
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.0%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Burlington
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$146,436
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.9%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
58.4%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Burlington
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
21.0%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.9%
9.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
9.2%
6.1%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
2.8%
2.2%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.0%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Burlington
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
—
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.4%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Burlington, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+8.0%
2008
+8.8%
2012
+5.0%
2016
+15.7%
2020
+25.3%
2024
+18.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
56.3%Harris8,218
38.1%Trump5,569
5.6%
D+18.1
R+7.1
D+19.6
14,600
D
61.6%Biden9,447
36.3%Trump5,566
2.2%
D+25.3
D+9.6
D+20.8
15,346
D
54.6%Clinton7,633
38.9%Trump5,434
6.5%
D+15.7
D+10.7
D+13.6
13,977
D
51.5%Obama6,038
46.5%Romney5,450
2.0%
D+5.0
R+3.8
D+1.2
11,722
D
53.6%Obama6,822
44.8%McCain5,703
1.6%
D+8.8
D+0.8
D+1.5
12,724
D
53.3%Kerry6,470
45.3%Bush5,502
1.4%
D+8.0
—
D+10.4
12,139
Burlington sits along Massachusetts' high-tech beltway, drawing a white-collar commuter population that has made it more competitive in statewide races than the surrounding Middlesex County baseline typically suggests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.3 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.1 points.
A population of 26,274, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $146,436 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wakefield and Reading.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Burlington, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 18.1 points (D+18.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 14,600 votes cast, 8,218 went Democratic and 5,569 went Republican.
How many people live in Burlington, Massachusetts?
Burlington, Massachusetts has a population of 26,274 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Burlington, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Burlington, Massachusetts is $146,436 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Burlington, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Burlington, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
