Burnsville vs Dennis

A side-by-side comparison of Burnsville and Dennis: population, income, housing, and more.

Burnsville and Dennis are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burnsville has the higher population (807 vs 90 in Dennis). Dennis has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $70,400 in Burnsville). Since 2019, Dennis's population has grown faster (+40.6% vs -6.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Burnsville	Dennis
Population	807	90
Median age	38.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,518	—
Median home value	$70,400	$109,900
Median gross rent	$629	—
Housing units	438	41
Homeownership rate	73.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnsville	Dennis
Population	862 → 807 (-6.4%)	64 → 90 (+40.6%)
Median household income	$36,450 → $41,518 (+13.9%)	—
Median home value	$72,900 → $70,400 (-3.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$417 → $629 (+50.8%)	—

Burnsville

Population

862807

Median household income

$36,450$41,518

Median home value

$72,900$70,400

Median gross rent

$417$629

Dennis

Population

6490

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnsville	Dennis
Under 5	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	20.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	21.1%
35 to 44	16.1%	34.4%
45 to 54	5.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	20.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	0.0%
75 and over	6.9%	24.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnsville	Dennis
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnsville	Dennis
No high school diploma	18.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.3%	73.6%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnsville	Dennis
Drove alone	92.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnsville	Dennis
1-unit, detached	70.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burnsville	Dennis
Poverty rate	23.3%	14.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1977	1977