THE BURLINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Delaware River Terraces and Uplands setting.
Burlington city has 3.04 square miles of land in Burlington County. Its Census reference point is in Delaware River Terraces and Uplands, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Burlington and Burlington County
Burlington is associated with Burlington County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Burlington by land and water
The Census records 0.72 square miles of water within Burlington, or 19.1% of its total area. It is 16.6 percentage points higher than the 2.6% recorded for Burlington County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Burlington city has 22.5% of the land area of nearby Burlington township (13.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

