Burnsville is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,618 people and five associated neighborhoods, Burnsville is the 334th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Burnsville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Burnsville is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Burnsville who work in sales jobs (11.32%), food service (11.21%), and healthcare (7.99%). Being a small town, Burnsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Burnsville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.73% of adults in Burnsville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Burnsville in 2022 was $27,243, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,972 for a family of four. However, Burnsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Burnsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Burnsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burnsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Burnsville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.87% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Burnsville include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in Burnsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Scandinavian languages.
