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More than 16 million people provide unpaid care to someone with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia (ADRD) in the United States. These caregivers frequently report experiencing psychological and physical burden. Prior research shows that socioeconomic disadvantaged neighborhoods have higher rates of ADRD, but little is known about caregiver burden. We hypothesized more socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with higher caregiver burden. We performed a secondary analysis using baseline data on dementia caregivers (n=132) enrolled in the Indiana University Telephone Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Caregivers (TACTICs) pilot trials. Mean (SD) caregiver age was 61.6 (11.6) years; 83.3% women; 78.8% white; 19.7% black. Seventy-two percent of the caregivers lived with the care recipient and 50.8% reported moderate dementia severity. A linear regression model …