What salary do you need to live in Burlington, NC?

What housing costs in Burlington

Renters in Burlington pay a median $1,023 a month for two bedrooms. Size matters: one bedroom is $1,003, three bedrooms $1,134, so going from the smallest to the largest of the three adds $1,572 a year.

Buying is the other half of the housing picture: owners put the median home in Burlington, NC at $241,500. With median household income at $65,651, a typical home costs 3.7× a typical income, close to the middle of the range across US metros.

The Regional Price Parity, BEA's index of local prices with the US at 100, is 93.2 here. Below 100 means a paycheck stretches further: $100,000 in Burlington has the buying power of roughly $107,301 at national average prices.

Burlington: the pre-tax income for each grade

The salary lines for a two-bedroom household land at $30,000 for Tight, $59,000 for Okay and $119,000 for Comfortable. The gap between the Okay and Comfortable lines alone is $60,000, which says how much extra income it takes to make housing feel roomy here rather than merely workable.

The Royal grade is within reach at $333,000 a year, where both rent and the median home price look small next to income.

Nothing here is a separate rule of thumb; plug any of these incomes into the calculator with two bedrooms and Burlington shows the matching grade.

Four salaries, three home sizes in Burlington

Choosing a bigger place in Burlington at $75,000 trims the score from 52 to 50 without leaving Okay.

The two-bedroom column turns Comfortable at the $150,000 row. One row up, $100,000 scores 60.

How Burlington ranks among 387 metros

On price level Burlington is 205th of 387 (1 = most expensive); on two-bedroom rent it is 271st, and on median home value 223rd. The two rankings agree, both falling in the middle half.

Auburn-Opelika, AL ($1,023) and Macon-Bibb County, GA ($1,023) bracket Burlington on two-bedroom rent.

Burlington next to North Carolina and similar metros

How Burlington stacks up against its state: $1,023 for a two-bedroom against North Carolina's $1,164, $241,500 for the median home against $288,900, and a price level of 93.2 against 94.3.

The North Carolina figure for the Comfortable line, using state medians, is $142,000 against $119,000 for Burlington.

Within North Carolina, the metros closest to Burlington on rent and overall prices are Greensboro-High Point, NC, Greenville, NC, and Jacksonville, NC. Their Comfortable lines for two bedrooms sit at $117,000, $99,000, and $118,000.

Does the typical Burlington income clear the bar?

What about a typical local household? Census puts median household income here at $65,651, which grades Okay (48) for a two-bedroom at the median rent. That falls $53,349 short of the $119,000 Comfortable line, a reminder that the typical household here spends a larger share on housing than the Comfortable band allows. Statewide, the North Carolina median household ($72,388) grades Okay on the state's own medians. Household income can include more than one earner, so a single salary of the same size goes less far.

Treat every number here as a pre-tax, public-data estimate rather than financial advice.