Burnsville vs Sutton

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

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

Sutton has the higher population (764 vs 493 in Burnsville). Burnsville has the higher median household income ($83,095 vs $37,400 in Sutton). Burnsville has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $83,300 in Sutton).

Population, income & housing

	Burnsville	Sutton
Population	493	764
Median age	36.8 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,095	$37,400
Median home value	$109,900	$83,300
Median gross rent	$760	$682
Housing units	294	535
Homeownership rate	73.9%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnsville	Sutton
Population	542 → 493 (-9.0%)	1,099 → 764 (-30.5%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $83,095 (+87.3%)	$39,722 → $37,400 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $109,900 (+37.7%)	$68,800 → $83,300 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $760 (+23.6%)	$564 → $682 (+20.9%)

Burnsville

Population

542493

Median household income

$44,375$83,095

Median home value

$79,800$109,900

Median gross rent

$615$760

Sutton

Population

1,099764

Median household income

$39,722$37,400

Median home value

$68,800$83,300

Median gross rent

$564$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnsville	Sutton
Under 5	0.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	27.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	2.4%	3.4%
25 to 34	19.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	9.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	16.6%	16.1%
75 and over	7.5%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnsville	Sutton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnsville	Sutton
No high school diploma	4.3%	15.8%
High school graduate	45.0%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnsville	Sutton
Drove alone	74.9%	58.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	11.5%
Other means	15.3%	12.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnsville	Sutton
1-unit, detached	82.0%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Burnsville	Sutton
Poverty rate	9.1%	19.2%
Average household size	2.26	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	32	18
Median year structure built	1940	1953