Being a small town, Burnsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Burnsville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.73% of adults in Burnsville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Burnsville in 2022 was $27,243, 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 $108,972 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 14.87% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Burnsville include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Burnsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Scandinavian languages.
