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Burnsville, NC

2,082 Population
1.6 square miles 1,301 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±10.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Yancey County: 49.2 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,761 ±$8,433 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Yancey County: $36,664 † ±$3,880
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,997 ±$6,679 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Yancey County: $58,709 ±$5,720
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.1% ±3.5% (515  ±142) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Yancey County: 15.2% † 2,833 (±2.2% / ±418)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.9 minutes ±4.7 (19,135  ±8,387) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Yancey County: 27.1 186,160 (±0.4 / ±13,603)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

983 ±230 Number of households
  • Yancey County: 8,130 ±353
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (1,962  ±473) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Yancey County: 2.3 18,632 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±6.3% (27  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Yancey County: 6.6% † 234 (±3.6% / ±127)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,254 ±238 Number of housing units
  • Yancey County: 11,376 ±39
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$243,500 ±$29,367 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Yancey County: $243,100 ±$17,235
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±4.7% (197  ±107.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 7.9% † 1,469 (±2.1% / ±395)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.9% ±24.9% (1,287  ±224.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Yancey County: 90.7% 12,968 (±5.3% / ±763.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25% ±4% (362  ±98.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Yancey County: 25.1% † 3,584 (±2.8% / ±403.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.3% ±2.9% (69  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Yancey County: 3.2% 601
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±4.6% (151  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Yancey County: 6.7% † 1,031 (±1.2% / ±184)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
151 Total veterans ±86 139 Male ±86 12 Female ±11

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