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Census Tract 11, Buncombe, NC

5,759 Population
1.5 square miles 3,967.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Asheville: 40.7 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buncombe County: 42.4 ±0.2

Economics

$42,352 ±$6,257 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Asheville: $41,818 ±$2,047
  • a little higher than the amount in Buncombe County: $40,879 ±$1,075
$90,206 ±$13,682 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Asheville: $67,221 ±$3,139
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Buncombe County: $70,578 ±$1,846

13.5% ±9.6% (764  ±553) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Asheville: 14.6% † 13,346 (±1.7% / ±1,551)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,202 (±1% / ±2,654)

19.2 minutes ±6.8 (50,625  ±12,527) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Asheville: 18 700,760 (±0.2 / ±31,146)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buncombe County: 20.8 2,267,190 (±0.2 / ±61,275)

Families

2,120 ±251 Number of households
  • Asheville: 38,049 ±1,151
  • Buncombe County: 102,672 ±1,818
2.6 ±0.3 (5,592  ±894) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Asheville: 2.4 90,839 (±0.1 / ±101)
  • about the same as the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 264,577 (±0.1 / ±91)

1.5% ±2.3% (26  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Asheville: 3.5% † 842 (±1.8% / ±434)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Buncombe County: 3.6% † 2,253 (±0.9% / ±568)

Housing

2,673 ±244 Number of housing units
  • Asheville: 49,130 ±807
  • Buncombe County: 132,191 ±102

$406,500 ±$41,117 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

19.3% ±6.3% (1,104  ±398) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Asheville: 16.1% † 15,102 (±1.6% / ±1,504.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Buncombe County: 11.4% 30,745 (±0.8% / ±2,017.4)

Social

98% ±3.5% (4,267  ±668.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Asheville: 93.5% 66,838 (±3.1% / ±2,417.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 92.3% 186,588 (±1.9% / ±3,917.5)
68.3% ±8.4% (2,975  ±581.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Asheville: 52% 37,167 (±2.3% / ±1,723.9)
  • about 1.5 times 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

4.4% ±3% (253  ±177) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Asheville: 7.7% † 7,249 (±1.2% / ±1,087)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Buncombe County: 7% 19,134

3% ±1.9% (142  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Asheville: 6.3% † 4,943 (±0.9% / ±685)
  • about half the rate in Buncombe County: 6.7% 14,976 (±0.5% / ±1,072)
142 Total veterans ±92 136 Male ±90 6 Female ±16

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