† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBurnsvilleMinnesotaUnited States
German25.4%29.2%12.5%
Irish10.2%9.9%9.4%
Norwegian9.4%12.1%—
English6.8%6.6%9.5%
Swedish4.9%6.5%—
Polish3.1%3.7%2.2%
Italian2.4%—4.8%
American2.3%2.3%5.3%
African American†6.8%3.8%9.9%
Somali2.5%1.1%—
African1.2%0.5%0.5%
Ethiopian1.2%0.5%—
Nigerian0.5%0.2%0.2%
Kenyan0.5%0.2%—
Mexican7.9%3.9%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%0.3%1.8%
Salvadoran0.7%0.2%0.7%
Venezuelan0.4%——
Dominican0.3%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Colombian0.3%—0.4%
Asian Indian1.4%0.8%1.4%
Vietnamese0.8%0.4%0.6%
Filipino0.6%0.2%0.9%
Chinese0.5%0.5%1.3%
Hmong0.5%1.7%—
Korean0.4%0.2%0.4%
Cambodian0.4%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Burnsville
Minnesota
United States
Median age
36.7
39
39.1
Age 18–24
9.6%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.8%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Burnsville
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$87,024
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.9%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.8%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Burnsville
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
21.5%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
9.8%
4.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.5%
0.8%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.3%
2.3%
1.1%
Other languages
5.4%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Burnsville
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
—
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Burnsville, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+0.4%
2008
+7.9%
2012
+7.2%
2016
+11.7%
2020
+22.7%
2024
+20.8%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
59.0%Harris19,075
38.2%Trump12,337
2.8%
D+20.8
R+1.8
D+22.3
32,318
D
60.1%Biden21,160
37.4%Trump13,173
2.5%
D+22.7
D+11.0
D+18.2
35,218
D
51.4%Clinton16,825
39.7%Trump13,005
8.9%
D+11.7
D+4.4
D+9.6
32,730
D
52.5%Obama17,784
45.3%Romney15,332
2.2%
D+7.2
R+0.7
D+3.4
33,857
D
53.1%Obama17,550
45.2%McCain14,930
1.7%
D+7.9
D+7.5
D+0.7
33,044
D
49.6%Kerry15,739
49.2%Bush15,598
1.2%
D+0.4
—
D+2.9
31,726
Burnsville sits along the Minnesota River south of Minneapolis, and its voting patterns reflect the broader shift in Twin Cities suburbs — competitive in federal races after decades of reliably breaking one way at the top of the ticket.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.8 points.
A population of 64,463, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,024 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rochester and Apple Valley.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Burnsville, Minnesota voted Democratic by 20.8 points (D+20.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 32,318 votes cast, 19,075 went Democratic and 12,337 went Republican.
How many people live in Burnsville, Minnesota?
Burnsville, Minnesota has a population of 64,463 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Burnsville, Minnesota?
Median household income in Burnsville, Minnesota is $87,024 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Burnsville, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Burnsville, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
