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Census Tract 1, Buncombe, NC

1,190 Population
0.4 square miles 3,180.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.2 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Asheville: 40.7 ±0.9
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 42.4 ±0.2

Economics

$29,850 ±$6,587 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Asheville: $41,818 ±$2,047
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Buncombe County: $40,879 ±$1,075
$20,455 ±$3,474 Median household income
  • about one-third of the amount in Asheville: $67,221 ±$3,139
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Buncombe County: $70,578 ±$1,846

40.7% ±12.3% (319  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Asheville: 14.6% † 13,346 (±1.7% / ±1,551)
  • more than double the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,202 (±1% / ±2,654)

11.5 minutes ±11.4 (1,905  ±1,074) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Asheville: 18 700,760 (±0.2 / ±31,146)
  • about half the figure in Buncombe County: 20.8 2,267,190 (±0.2 / ±61,275)

Families

522 ±101 Number of households
  • Asheville: 38,049 ±1,151
  • Buncombe County: 102,672 ±1,818
1.5 ±0.3 (776  ±227) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Asheville: 2.4 90,839 (±0.1 / ±101)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 264,577 (±0.1 / ±91)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

945 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Asheville: 49,130 ±807
  • Buncombe County: 132,191 ±102

$839,300 ±$163,407 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Asheville: $411,000 ±$15,237
  • more than double the amount in Buncombe County: $360,000 ±$8,511

36.2% ±10.5% (431  ±149.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Asheville: 16.1% † 15,102 (±1.6% / ±1,504.1)
  • more than double the rate in Buncombe County: 11.4% 30,745 (±0.8% / ±2,017.4)

Social

87.3% ±23% (999  ±177.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Asheville: 93.5% 66,838 (±3.1% / ±2,417.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Buncombe County: 92.3% 186,588 (±1.9% / ±3,917.5)
39.5% ±4.4% (452  ±101.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Asheville: 52% 37,167 (±2.3% / ±1,723.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 44.6% 90,206 (±1.4% / ±2,750.2)

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

9.4% ±9.7% (112  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Asheville: 7.7% † 7,249 (±1.2% / ±1,087)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Buncombe County: 7% 19,134

7.7% ±3.4% (91  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Asheville: 6.3% † 4,943 (±0.9% / ±685)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 6.7% 14,976 (±0.5% / ±1,072)
91 Total veterans ±43 79 Male ±41 12 Female ±14

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