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Burnsville township, Yancey County, NC

4,741 Population
25 square miles 189.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Yancey County: 47.9 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,688 ±$5,183 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Yancey County: $34,699 † ±$3,547
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$51,981 ±$6,340 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Yancey County: $54,961 † ±$5,646
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

22.1% ±5.9% (1,019  ±303) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Yancey County: 14.9% † 2,763 (±2.6% / ±475)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25.3 minutes ±4 (47,460  ±11,898) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Yancey County: 27.6 188,715 (±2 / ±18,205)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,124 ±280 Number of households
  • Yancey County: 8,188 ±286
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.4 (4,584  ±595) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Yancey County: 2.3 18,516 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

10.3% ±6.5% (105  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Yancey County: 7.6% † 270 (±2.7% / ±98)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,539 ±298 Number of housing units
  • Yancey County: 11,317 ±24
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$232,700 ±$17,099 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Yancey County: $222,300 ±$12,175
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

6.6% ±2.5% (307  ±121) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Yancey County: 8.6% † 1,587 (±2% / ±377.8)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

87.8% ±1.8% (3,131  ±390.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Yancey County: 88.1% 12,380 (±5% / ±704.4)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
24.2% ±4.9% (864  ±204.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Yancey County: 23% † 3,231 (±2.5% / ±355.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.3% ±1.8% (157  ±87) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 3% 560
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5% ±2% (192  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Yancey County: 6.9% † 1,048 (±1.2% / ±183)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
192 Total veterans ±81 184 Male ±79 8 Female ±9

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