Burnsville vs Flatwoods

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

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

Burnsville has the higher population (493 vs 404 in Flatwoods). Burnsville has the higher median household income ($83,095 vs $48,750 in Flatwoods). Burnsville has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $105,200 in Flatwoods).

Population, income & housing

	Burnsville	Flatwoods
Population	493	404
Median age	36.8 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,095	$48,750
Median home value	$109,900	$105,200
Median gross rent	$760	$725
Housing units	294	155
Homeownership rate	73.9%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnsville	Flatwoods
Population	542 → 493 (-9.0%)	261 → 404 (+54.8%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $83,095 (+87.3%)	$42,500 → $48,750 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $109,900 (+37.7%)	$87,000 → $105,200 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $760 (+23.6%)	$635 → $725 (+14.2%)

Burnsville

Population

542493

Median household income

$44,375$83,095

Median home value

$79,800$109,900

Median gross rent

$615$760

Flatwoods

Population

261404

Median household income

$42,500$48,750

Median home value

$87,000$105,200

Median gross rent

$635$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnsville	Flatwoods
Under 5	0.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	27.0%	24.8%
18 to 24	2.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	19.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	16.6%	8.2%
75 and over	7.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnsville	Flatwoods
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	5.5%	14.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnsville	Flatwoods
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	45.0%	52.0%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnsville	Flatwoods
Drove alone	74.9%	77.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.8%
Other means	15.3%	10.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnsville	Flatwoods
1-unit, detached	82.0%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Burnsville	Flatwoods
Poverty rate	9.1%	19.1%
Average household size	2.26	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1940	1958