† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupBurlington, NCNorth CarolinaUnited States
English12.6%12.7%9.5%
German8.6%9.4%12.5%
Irish7.1%8.4%9.4%
American6.0%8.3%5.3%
Italian2.6%3.3%4.8%
Scottish2.4%2.3%1.3%
Scotch-Irish2.2%1.4%—
Polish1.1%1.0%2.2%
African American†18.5%18.3%9.9%
African0.6%0.7%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%0.2%
Mexican9.2%5.6%11.3%
Salvadoran1.9%0.7%0.7%
Puerto Rican1.0%1.2%1.8%
Honduran0.5%0.7%0.3%
Cuban0.3%0.3%0.7%
Dominican0.3%0.3%0.7%
Ecuadorian0.3%——
Venezuelan0.3%——
Asian Indian0.7%1.2%1.4%
Vietnamese0.3%0.3%0.6%
Chinese0.2%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Laotian0.2%——
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, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median age
38.9
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
10.2%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.2%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Burlington, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median household income
$65,651
$72,388
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.4%
13.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.7%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Burlington, NC
North Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
15.5%
13.5%
22.3%
Spanish
12.8%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Burlington, NC
North Carolina
United States
Catholic
6.8%
8.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
21.8%
26.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
55.7%
48.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
10.5%
9.1%
5.2%
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, NC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+11.3%
1896
−0.3%
1900
−7.9%
1904
+3.7%
1908
−1.6%
1912
+50.4%
1916
+4.2%
1920
+6.4%
1924
+20.1%
1928
−23.0%
1932
+29.2%
1936
+48.3%
1940
+54.3%
1944
+29.7%
1948
+20.6%
1952
+8.1%
1956
−4.7%
1960
−4.3%
1964
+0.7%
1968
−12.1%
1972
−51.5%
1976
+15.5%
1980
−8.9%
1984
−39.7%
1988
−31.2%
1992
−12.0%
1996
−15.9%
2000
−25.2%
2004
−23.3%
2008
−9.2%
2012
−13.7%
2016
−12.6%
2020
−8.4%
2024
−8.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
45.2%Harris40,624
53.4%Trump47,937
1.4%
R+8.1
D+0.3
R+6.7
89,831
R
45.1%Biden38,825
53.5%Trump46,056
1.4%
R+8.4
D+4.2
R+12.9
86,091
R
41.9%Clinton29,833
54.5%Trump38,815
3.5%
R+12.6
D+1.1
R+14.7
71,157
R
42.6%Obama28,875
56.3%Romney38,170
1.1%
R+13.7
R+4.5
R+17.6
67,776
R
44.9%Obama28,918
54.2%McCain34,859
0.9%
R+9.2
D+14.1
R+16.5
64,353
R
38.2%Kerry20,686
61.5%Bush33,302
0.3%
R+23.3
D+1.9
R+20.8
54,175
R
37.1%Gore17,459
62.2%Bush29,305
0.7%
R+25.2
R+9.3
R+25.7
47,091
R
37.8%Clinton15,814
53.7%Dole22,461
8.6%
R+15.9
R+3.9
R+24.4
41,861
R
36.3%Clinton15,521
48.3%Bush20,637
15.3%
R+12.0
D+19.2
R+17.5
42,701
R
34.3%Dukakis12,642
65.5%Bush24,131
0.2%
R+31.2
D+8.5
R+23.4
36,851
R
30.1%Mondale11,230
69.7%Reagan26,063
0.2%
R+39.7
R+30.8
R+21.5
37,370
R
44.2%Carter15,042
53.1%Reagan18,077
2.8%
R+8.9
R+24.4
D+0.8
34,066
D
57.5%Carter17,371
41.9%Ford12,680
0.6%
D+15.5
D+67.0
D+13.5
30,231
R
23.1%McGovern6,833
74.6%Nixon22,046
2.3%
R+51.5
R+39.4
R+28.3
29,549
O
24.5%Humphrey8,241
36.5%Nixon12,310
39.0%
Wallace +2.5
R+12.8
R+11.4
33,690
D
50.4%Johnson15,397
49.6%Goldwater15,177
0.0%
D+0.7
D+5.0
R+21.9
30,574
R
47.9%Kennedy13,599
52.1%Nixon14,818
0.0%
R+4.3
D+0.4
R+4.5
28,417
R
47.6%Stevenson11,029
52.4%Eisenhower12,123
0.0%
R+4.7
R+12.8
D+10.7
23,152
D
54.1%Stevenson13,402
45.9%Eisenhower11,388
0.0%
D+8.1
R+12.4
D+18.9
24,790
D
53.9%Truman8,287
33.3%Dewey5,124
12.8%
D+20.6
R+9.2
D+16.1
15,380
D
64.9%Roosevelt9,184
35.1%Dewey4,976
0.0%
D+29.7
R+24.6
D+22.2
14,160
D
77.2%Roosevelt11,429
22.8%Willkie3,382
0.0%
D+54.3
D+6.1
D+44.4
14,811
D
74.1%Roosevelt11,025
25.9%Landon3,847
0.0%
D+48.3
D+19.1
D+24.0
14,872
D
64.0%Roosevelt8,240
34.8%Hoover4,478
1.3%
D+29.2
D+52.2
D+11.4
12,882
R
38.5%Smith4,260
61.5%Hoover6,810
0.0%
R+23.0
R+43.1
R+5.6
11,070
D
59.5%Davis4,859
39.4%Coolidge3,217
1.1%
D+20.1
D+13.7
D+45.3
8,169
D
53.2%Cox5,255
46.8%Harding4,619
0.0%
D+6.4
D+2.3
D+32.6
9,874
D
52.0%Wilson2,476
47.9%Hughes2,278
0.1%
D+4.2
R+46.3
D+1.0
4,759
D
54.3%Wilson2,132
3.8%Taft150
41.9%
D+50.4
D+52.1
D+30.9
3,929
R
48.8%Bryan2,113
50.4%Taft2,184
0.8%
R+1.6
R+5.4
D+7.9
4,331
D
51.8%Parker1,907
48.1%Roosevelt1,770
0.1%
D+3.7
D+11.6
D+23.4
3,679
R
45.6%Bryan1,923
53.5%McKinley2,256
0.9%
R+7.9
R+7.6
R+0.3
4,217
R
49.3%Bryan2,302
49.6%McKinley2,314
1.1%
R+0.3
R+11.6
D+5.8
4,666
D
49.0%Cleveland1,691
37.7%Harrison1,301
13.3%
D+11.3
—
D+9.6
3,450
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
43.1%25,866
54.8%32,866
60,013
2020
R
44.5%38,038
51.7%44,246
85,508
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+0.04
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+8.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 8.1 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Burlington, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
89,392
40,925
30,281
18,120
66
2012
96,893
41,623
32,189
22,833
248
2016
101,240
39,554
33,156
28,090
440
2020
111,105
39,269
36,329
34,755
752
2022
113,493
38,335
36,564
37,877
717
2024
119,766
38,297
38,341
42,131
997
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,024 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +26,606 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Burlington, NC in Burlington, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+938
2012
+331
2013
+629
2014
+951
2015
+1,377
2016
+3,021
2017
+2,694
2018
+2,806
2019
+2,588
2021
+2,071
2022
+2,413
2023
+2,249
2024
+2,514
2025
+2,024
Burlington anchors Alamance County, a historically textile-dependent corridor where competitive margins have tightened as in-migration from the Piedmont Triad reshapes the voter rolls.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.3 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 51.5 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 8.1 points.
A population of 176,893, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,651 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Warner Robins, GA and Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC.
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How did Burlington, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Burlington, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 8.1 points (R+8.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 89,831 votes cast, 40,624 went Democratic and 47,937 went Republican.
When did Burlington, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Burlington, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Burlington, NC, North Carolina?
Burlington, NC, North Carolina has a population of 176,893 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Burlington, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Burlington, NC, North Carolina is $65,651 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Burlington, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Burlington, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
