Burnsville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 60,148 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Burnsville is the tenth largest community in Minnesota.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Burnsville is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Burnsville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Burnsville who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.56%), sales jobs (13.92%), and management occupations (11.78%).

Also of interest is that Burnsville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Another interesting thing about Burnsville, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Burnsville is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Burnsville Information and Demographics

The education level of Burnsville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 36.84% of adults in Burnsville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Burnsville in 2000 was $27,093, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,372 for a family of four. However, Burnsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Burnsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Burnsville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Burnsville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Burnsville include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, English, Polish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Burnsville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.