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.Burnsville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Burnsville is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Burnsville who work in management occupations (11.47%), teaching (8.84%), and office and administrative support (7.41%). 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.
