Burning Man 2014 Afterburn Report

The Burning Man Project just released its annual 2014 Afterburn report, breaking down the results of the survey that around 10,000 Burners filled out about their 2014 experience. I went through it and pulled out some interesting stats. Enjoy!

• Median Age: 34
• Median Personal Income: ~$55k
• % of Burners earning $300k or more: 2.7%
• 58% male, 41% female, 1% fluid gender.
• 87% white.
• 69% of attendees have at least a Bachelor's college degree.
• Americans = 83.5%
  
• Californians make up 43.7% of Burners, dwarfing all other US states combined.
• English is the primary language of 84% of Burners, with French (2.8%), Spanish (2.6%), and Russian (2%) in the following three places.
• 75.5% of Burners vote Democratic. 7.4% vote Republican. 5.6% vote Libertarian, and 3.2% vote Green.
• 35.1% were birgins. 
• 75.9% had attended 4 or less Burns. 
• Only 5.5% had attended 11 or more times. 
• Peak population was hit on Thursday, after which it declined.
• Busiest day to arrive was Sunday, by a wide margin.
• Busiest day to leave was the Sunday after the Man burns, followed closely by Monday.
• 96% of people entered via the Gate (vs the Airport, Burner Express Buses, etc).
• Average Burner drove about 272 miles to get there.
• 44.6% of vehicles entering the Gate had 2 people in them. 12.8% had 1, 19.9% had 3 and 11.8% had 4.
• 38.9% of Burners said they spent $1000-$2500 to attend. 28.8% said 500-1000, and 14.5% said 2500-5000.
• 64% of Burners were in placed camps (I'm a bit dubious about this one.)
• 69.4% of Burners reported themselves as hetero, with the others being fairly well divided between bi-curious, bisexual, gay/lesbian, and a lesser amount that reports as 'refuse label'.
• 71.8% of Burners do not identify with an organized religion. Those that do are most likely to be Catholic and least likely to be Muslim.