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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.20% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 population of Burnsville overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Burnsville, 24.54% 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.