Burnsville is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,623 people and five associated neighborhoods, Burnsville is the 334th largest community in North Carolina.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.20% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small town, Burnsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Burnsville citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.54% of adults in Burnsville have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Burnsville in 2022 was $31,108, 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 $124,432 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 11.76% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Burnsville include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Burnsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Scandinavian languages.