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Burnsville, NC

2,143 Population
1.6 square miles 1,339.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±10.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Yancey County: 47.9 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,108 ±$7,564 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Yancey County: $34,699 † ±$3,547
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$47,576 ±$18,243 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Yancey County: $54,961 † ±$5,646
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

25.5% ±8.6% (515  ±207) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Yancey County: 14.9% † 2,763 (±2.6% / ±475)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.8 minutes ±3.8 (16,080  ±5,357) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Yancey County: 27.6 188,715 (±2 / ±18,205)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

996 ±208 Number of households
  • Yancey County: 8,188 ±286
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2 ±0.1 (2,015  ±434) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Yancey County: 2.3 18,516 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6.3% ±7.2% (27  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Yancey County: 7.6% † 270 (±2.7% / ±98)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,217 ±232 Number of housing units
  • Yancey County: 11,317 ±24
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$223,800 ±$14,730 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Yancey County: $222,300 ±$12,175
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9.1% ±3.6% (193  ±85.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Yancey County: 8.6% † 1,587 (±2% / ±377.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

87.9% ±22.6% (1,383  ±215.8) 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)
24.5% ±3.7% (386  ±98.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent 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

3.4% ±2% (73  ±45) 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

8.9% ±4.5% (148  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Yancey County: 6.9% † 1,048 (±1.2% / ±183)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
148 Total veterans ±80 140 Male ±78 8 Female ±9

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