City safety & data profile

BurlesonTX

Burleson, TX is a 44K-resident city in Johnson County with a median household income of $93,928.

Johnson County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Burleson, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Burleson has a population larger than 76% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $308,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

44K
Population (place)
Top 24%
By size
$93,928
Median income (place)
$308,200
Median home (place)
7.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Burleson

Burleson posts a median household income higher than 64% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Burleson area.

Top 36%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Burleson

Where Burleson income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$93,928 Top 36% higher than 64% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Burleson $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Burleson, TX beyond the headline numbers

Burleson sits inside Johnson County, Texas, at roughly 32.54°N, -97.32°W. Population 43,625, $93,928 median household income. Median home value $308,200, median rent $1,685. Poverty rate 7.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Burleson, 0 with an ER.

At 7.1%, poverty in Burleson, TX runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Burleson costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 10% of Burleson workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.2% in Burleson, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Burleson workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Burleson's median age is 35.2 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Burleson from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
43,625
Burleson · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$93,928
+5% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$308,200
-25% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Johnson County): Burleson's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
196K+28%
Median Income
$84,859+47%
Median Home Value
$285,900+151%
Poverty Rate
10%-17%
Unemployment
3.6%-57%

Economics

Economics indicators for Burleson, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,685/mo
Poverty Rate
7.1% -43% vs avg
Unemployment 3.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 34%
Work From Home 10%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 72.2%
African American 7%
Asian 1.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.6%
Obesity
31.5%
High Blood Pressure
31.1%
Physical Inactivity
23.1%
Binge Drinking
19.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.8%
Current Smoking
12.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.1%
Current Asthma
10.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.7%
Annual Checkup 72.9%

Other Measures

Diabetes
10%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.1%
Stroke
2.8%

What alerts and safety updates affect Burleson?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Burleson right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-BURLESON · Burleson

Burleson: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 2 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose

Tagged alert mix: Burleson

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Burleson.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Burleson; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

San Jose, CA 2 alerts Fresno, CA 2 alerts Pittsburgh, PA 2 alerts York, PA 2 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Burleson, TX? ▼
Burleson, TX has a population of 43,625 people, located in Johnson County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Burleson? ▼
The median household income in Burleson, TX is $93,928 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.1%.
What is the median home value in Burleson? ▼
The median home value in Burleson, TX is $308,200. Median rent is $1,685/month.
What are the top health concerns in Burleson? ▼
The top health indicators in Burleson include Short Sleep Duration (38.6%), Obesity (31.5%), High Blood Pressure (31.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Burleson? ▼
Burleson has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Burleson? ▼
The median age in Burleson, TX is 35.2 years. 34% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Burleson, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (7.1% here).

Hoffman Estates, IL 7.1% Portage, MI 7.1% Alabaster, AL 7.1% Burlingame, CA 7.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($93,928 here).

Wilmington Island, GA $93,924 Hudson, WI $93,937 Brown Deer, WI $93,974 Hastings, MN $93,998

Compare Burleson with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Crowley, TX 15K Rendon, TX 13K Forest Hill, TX 13K Mansfield, TX 64K Fort Worth, TX 1.0M Benbrook, TX 23K Cleburne, TX 30K White Settlement, TX 17K
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Using Burleson's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Burleson area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Burleson against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Johnson County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.