Burnsville

About Burnsville

Burnsville ( BURNZ-vil) is a city 15 miles (24 km) south of downtown Minneapolis in Dakota County, Minnesota. The city is situated on a bluff overlooking the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi River. Burnsville and nearby suburbs form the southern portion of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, the 16th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States, with about 3.7 million residents. At the 2020 census the population was 64,317.

The name Burnsville is attributed to an early Irish settler and land owner, William Byrne. His surname was recorded as "Burns" and was never corrected.

Burnsville stands on land that once contained a village of Mdewakanton Dakota. Later, it became a rural Irish farming community. Burnsville grew rapidly following the construction of Interstate 35, becoming Minnesota's 14th-largest city in the 2020 census. Now the ninth-largest suburb in the metro area and a bedroom community of both Minneapolis and Saint Paul, it was fully built by the late 2000s. Burnsville's downtown area is called Heart of the City with urban-style retail and condominiums. The Burnsville Transit Station serves as the hub and headquarters of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority, providing regional bus service to five other suburbs.

Burnsville is home to a regional mall (Burnsville Center), a section of Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, 310-foot (94 m) vertical ski peak Buck Hill, and part of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

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Living in Burnsville

Median household income

$87,024

Median home value

$355,200

Median rent

$1,513/mo

Median age

36.7

Map of Burnsville

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Burnsville, MN population

Burnsville had 64,317 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Burnsville at a glance

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (Gazetteer, ZCTA), USGS GNIS, Wikidata.

Towns near Burnsville

• Apple Valley4.1 mi E
• Savage4.2 mi W
• Bloomington4.8 mi N
• Lakeville6.3 mi S
• Eagan6.7 mi NE
• Richfield7.6 mi N
• Credit River7.6 mi SW
• Prior Lake8.4 mi W
• Farmington9.1 mi SE
• Edina9.6 mi NW
• Shakopee9.6 mi W
• Mendota10.3 mi NE

Straight-line distance between town centers.

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