What is the median rent in Burnsville, NC?

Name: Median rent in Burnsville, NC, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Burnsville, NC is $862 (±$295) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 404 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Burnsville, the median gross rent went from $542 in 2015–2019 to $862 in 2020–2024 (+59.0%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $862 (±$295)
Rented homes: 404 (±170)
$2,000 or more: 1.7%
Since 2015–2019: +59.0%

How much rent costs in Burnsville

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Burnsville	Yancey County	North Carolina	United States
Less than $500	39.4% (±15.2 points)	19.8%	6.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	32.7% (±14.8 points)	52.7%	27.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	23.3% (±17.2 points)	18.8%	32.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	3.0% (±3.9 points)	6.4%	21.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±10.0 points)	1.7%	7.8%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±10.0 points)	0.0%	2.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	1.7% (±2.1 points)	0.6%	1.8%	6.8%

The most common range is Less than $500, paid by 39.4% of renting households.

1.7% of rented homes in Burnsville cost $2,000 or more a month.

Burnsville against Yancey County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Burnsville	Yancey County	North Carolina	United States
Median gross rent	$862 (±$295)	$882 (±$83)	$1,228 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	404 (±170)	1,146 (±259)	1,337,899 (±8,405)	42,849,984

In Burnsville, median gross rent is not measurably different from Yancey County ($882).

It is also lower than in North Carolina ($1,228).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Statewide, it ranks 367 of 586.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Burnsville has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$542 (±$83)	$862 (±$295)	+59.0%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	51.1% (±7.2 points)	51.4% (±11.1 points)	+0.3 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	11.7% (±6.4 points)	0.0% (±7.9 points)	−11.7 percentage points	Measurable decrease

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Burnsville

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Burnsville
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Burnsville	—	$862 (±$295)	—
Bakersville	10 mi	$504 (±$232)	Not measurably different
Spruce Pine	13 mi	$837 (±$121)	Not measurably different
Mars Hill	15 mi	$1,043 (±$172)	Not measurably different
Erwin	17 mi	$614 (±$76)	Not measurably different
Weaverville	21 mi	$1,783 (±$248)	Higher
Old Fort	21 mi	$818 (±$102)	Not measurably different
Black Mountain	21 mi	$1,652 (±$186)	Higher
Unicoi	21 mi	$920 (±$363)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Weaverville, NC ($1,783), Black Mountain, NC ($1,652).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Burnsville

What is the average rent in Burnsville, NC?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Burnsville is $862 (±$295) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Burnsville?

In Burnsville, the median gross rent went from $542 in 2015–2019 to $862 in 2020–2024 (+59.0%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Burnsville cost more than $2,000 a month?

1.7% of rented homes in Burnsville have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 39.4% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Burnsville higher than in Yancey County?

In Burnsville, median gross rent is not measurably different from Yancey County ($882).

It is also lower than in North Carolina ($1,228).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Burnsville town, North Carolina (place:09140, in state:37).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.