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Census Tract 9, Buncombe, NC

2,787 Population
1.8 square miles 1,538.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Asheville: 40.7 ±0.9
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Buncombe County: 42.4 ±0.2

Economics

$33,039 ±$9,671 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Asheville: $41,818 ±$2,047
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Buncombe County: $40,879 ±$1,075
$30,653 ±$11,047 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Asheville: $67,221 ±$3,139
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Buncombe County: $70,578 ±$1,846

38.4% ±8.5% (984  ±314) 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)

15.1 minutes ±13.1 (10,325  ±3,875) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Asheville: 18 700,760 (±0.2 / ±31,146)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Buncombe County: 20.8 2,267,190 (±0.2 / ±61,275)

Families

1,284 ±235 Number of households
  • Asheville: 38,049 ±1,151
  • Buncombe County: 102,672 ±1,818
1.9 ±0.3 (2,479  ±588) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Asheville: 2.4 90,839 (±0.1 / ±101)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 264,577 (±0.1 / ±91)

2.8% ±8.6% (14  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Asheville: 3.5% † 842 (±1.8% / ±434)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 3.6% † 2,253 (±0.9% / ±568)

Housing

1,738 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Asheville: 49,130 ±807
  • Buncombe County: 132,191 ±102

$410,400 ±$92,610 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Asheville: $411,000 ±$15,237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Buncombe County: $360,000 ±$8,511

14.6% ±4.3% (408  ±148.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Asheville: 16.1% † 15,102 (±1.6% / ±1,504.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Buncombe County: 11.4% 30,745 (±0.8% / ±2,017.4)

Social

84.2% ±3% (1,936  ±431.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Asheville: 93.5% 66,838 (±3.1% / ±2,417.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 92.3% 186,588 (±1.9% / ±3,917.5)
39.6% ±11.6% (911  ±333.7) 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

2.6% ±1.6% (71  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Asheville: 7.7% † 7,249 (±1.2% / ±1,087)
  • about one-third of the rate in Buncombe County: 7% 19,134

7.8% ±3.9% (195  ±106) 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)
195 Total veterans ±106 158 Male ±97 37 Female ±44

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