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Yancey County, North Carolina
Yancey County sits in the northern Blue Ridge Mountains near Mount Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi, centered on the small town of Burnsville roughly 35 miles north of Asheville. Second-home and retiree buyers drive most of the market, and steep, heavily forested terrain confines buildable lots to a limited set of valley and ridge-top sites rather than large subdivisions.
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Yancey County at a glance
- 19,000Population (2025)
- BurnsvilleCounty seat
- 313 sq miLand area
- 61 / sq miDensity
- $59,000Median household income
- $245,000Median home value
What the live Yancey County map shows
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- City Boundaries: 1
- School Boundaries - Elementary: 3
- School Boundaries - Middle: 2
- School Boundaries - High: 1
- Congressional Districts: 1
- Soils: 92
- State House Districts: 4
- State Senate Districts: 2
Cities and towns in Yancey County
Burnsville.