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Leicester township, Buncombe County, NC

23,009 Population
67.4 square miles 341.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buncombe County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,342 ±$2,710 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Buncombe County: $43,371 ±$1,377
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,909 ±$8,088 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Buncombe County: $74,436 ±$2,206
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.4% ±3.3% (2,624  ±810) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,661 (±0.9% / ±2,348)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.5 minutes ±4.8 (244,625  ±29,183) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 21.1 2,246,930 (±0.2 / ±62,673)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,412 ±641 Number of households
  • Buncombe County: 101,855 ±2,041
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.3 (22,873  ±2,774) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 266,975 (±0.1 / ±79)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±2.9% (269  ±164) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Buncombe County: 3.5% † 2,212 (±1% / ±639)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,865 ±629 Number of housing units
  • Buncombe County: 134,483 ±159
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$326,700 ±$22,037 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Buncombe County: $391,800 ±$8,308
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.5% ±1.6% (1,258  ±398.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Buncombe County: 11.3% 30,765 (±0.8% / ±2,065)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.5% ±12.6% (14,428  ±1,308.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Buncombe County: 92.6% 189,827 (±1.9% / ±3,936.2)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.5% ±4.8% (5,460  ±987.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Buncombe County: 45.9% 94,094 (±1.3% / ±2,725.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.3% ±1.7% (1,441  ±417) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 6.8% 18,510
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±1.2% (902  ±234) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 6.3% 14,160 (±0.4% / ±982)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
902 Total veterans ±234 814 Male ±221 88 Female ±89

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