States · Ohio · Lawrence County

Burlington, Ohio.

A community in Lawrence County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Lawrence County’s.

Living in Burlington, Lawrence County, Ohio

Burlington, in Lawrence County, had 2,416 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Lawrence County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 2.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Lawrence County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,416 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Burlington for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.3% Lawrence County, August 2026; 5.2% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Burlington for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,293households
  • 15%of adults have a degree
  • 14%below the poverty line
  • 22 mintypical commute

What people in Lawrence County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care33%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Building trades7%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lawrence County had 13,984 jobs in 2025, 2.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 44° and 25°; warmest in July, 87° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 44° 25° F M A M J J 87° 66° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 44° and 25°; warmest in July, 87° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 44° 25° F M A M J J 87° 66° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 66°. About 10 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Huntington Swg Pl weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Lawrence County

  1. VertivAir conditioning equipment except motor vehicle manufacturing503
  2. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters318
  3. McNationalDrydocks, floating235
  4. Ironton City School DistrictSchool district233FTE
  5. Rock Hill Local SchoolsSchool district223FTE
  6. South Point Local SchoolsSchool district207FTE
  7. Necco Inc6Youth guidance organizations189
  8. Dawson-Bryant Local SchoolsSchool district186FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 38 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,182 people in all across the county; Burlington has two of its own. School districts come 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. Heat wavesRelatively high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate
  5. Winter weatherRelatively 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 in Burlington’s census tracts, 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 Lawrence County.