Burnsville, North Carolina

This profile covers short-term rentals in Burnsville, the seat of Yancey County, about 30 miles northeast of Asheville in the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains. Performance data for Burnsville is tracked at a shared level across the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains region, so every performance figure below describes the Blue Ridge Mountains STR market rather than Burnsville alone. In September 2026, the Blue Ridge Mountains STR market recorded an average daily rate of $282 and occupancy of 44.5%, producing average monthly revenue of $3,350 per listing. Compared with September 2025, occupancy rose 13.8%, ADR rose 6.7%, and revenue rose 16.7%. Entire homes averaged $286 per night in September, slightly above the all-listings figure. The town itself is small, with a population of 2,082, so rental demand comes from visitors rather than local residents. Mount Mitchell State Park, the highest peak east of the Mississippi at 6,684 feet, is the marquee draw, along with the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Mountains to Sea Trail, hiking, camping, fishing and dark sky stargazing. The Penland School of Craft and the annual Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair, held since 1956 with more than 200 vendors, add an arts calendar. Visitors skew toward nature lovers, road trippers, fall foliage travelers, retirees and arts travelers, with seasonal peaks in summer and autumn. Bedroom, channel and listing type counts are tracked at a shared regional level rather than uniquely for Burnsville, so this profile omits them. Investors should treat these figures as a regional benchmark and confirm local performance with comparable properties before buying.