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Burnsville, MS

861 Population
4.8 square miles 180.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±7.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tishomingo County: 43.4 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,553 ±$6,328 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tishomingo County: $30,989 ±$2,197
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$29,063 ±$17,310 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Tishomingo County: $53,040 † ±$7,089
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.2% ±13.1% (277  ±143) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tishomingo County: 18% † 3,301 (±3.1% / ±565)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.8 minutes ±15.4 (10,455  ±6,781) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Tishomingo County: 23.5 178,365 (±1.7 / ±15,941)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

344 ±122 Number of households
  • Tishomingo County: 8,834 ±270
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±1.2 (861  ±275) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tishomingo County: 2.1 18,351 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

22.2% ±28.7% (48  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Tishomingo County: 4.4% † 175 (±2.9% / ±113)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

455 ±129 Number of housing units
  • Tishomingo County: 10,577 ±25
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$80,000 ±$22,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Tishomingo County: $145,100 † ±$14,826
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±6.3% (51  ±56.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tishomingo County: 7.9% † 1,461 (±2.1% / ±381.9)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.3% ±39.5% (494  ±128.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tishomingo County: 84.9% 11,326 (±5.2% / ±692.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
6.7% ±6.4% (38  ±38.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tishomingo County: 17.8% † 2,380 (±2.5% / ±330.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.3% ±3.7% (33  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Tishomingo County: 5% † 732 (±1.1% / ±165)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
33 Total veterans ±26 33 Male ±26 N/A Female ±14

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