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Burlington, Maine.

. Bangor, ME metro.

What it costs per month · Burlington $2,162/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,272 (+143%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Maine $2,162 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Maine$2,162
  • United States$1,922

Living in Burlington, Penobscot County, Maine

Burlington is a town of 373 people in Penobscot County. Unemployment in Penobscot County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Penobscot County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 373 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Burlington for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.4% Penobscot County, August 2026; 3.2% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Burlington for the Census survey to measure.

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Burlington is a very small town in Penobscot County, Maine, where neighbors are likely to know one another. Few adults hold a four-year degree compared with many places, and the typical trip to work is a long one. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and snow a regular part of the season, while July is the warmest month and stays pleasantly mild by comparison.

Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in the building trades, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Penobscot County, some of the largest workplaces are Eastern Maine Medical Center, the University of Maine and Husson University. Few people work from home, and commutes tend to run long. Unemployment across the county is a little higher than a year ago, and the number of jobs has dipped slightly.

Things to do. The area is better suited to woods and water than to town amenities. Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area a longer drive away, as is Howland Forest. Pushaw Lake is another longer drive away and is a lake, and the Piscataquis River is a river in the same range, a longer drive away.

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  • 10%of adults have a degree
  • 39 mintypical commute
  • 5%work from home

What people in Penobscot County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care35%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Building trades8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Professional and business services7%
  • Government5%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Penobscot County had 71,782 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 26° and 3°; warmest in July, 79° and 59° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 26° 3° F M A M J J 79° 59° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 26° and 3°; warmest in July, 79° and 59° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 26° 3° F M A M J J 79° 59° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 26° and lows near 3°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 59°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lincoln Sanitary District/wtp weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Penobscot County

  1. Eastern Maine Medical CenterGeneral hospital3,272FTE
  2. University of MaineUniversity or college2,590
  3. St Joseph HospitalGeneral hospital902FTE
  4. Husson UniversityUniversity or college645
  5. Bangor Public SchoolsSchool district583FTE
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters517
  7. RSU 19 SchoolsSchool district507FTE
  8. Acadia HospitalPsychiatric hospital483FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 174 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 18,783 people in all across the county; Burlington has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherVery high
  2. Ice stormsVery high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  5. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Penobscot County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Penobscot County and the Bangor, ME metro.

Burlington home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Burlington address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Burlington — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.