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Buncombe County, NC

279,210 Population
656.5 square miles 425.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,759 ±$2,752 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$80,279 ±$4,993 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.6% ±2.3% (34,346  ±6,304) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23 minutes ±1.5 (2,517,115  ±206,474) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 116,963,336 (±0.2 / ±1,127,069)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

102,612 ±4,314 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.1 (271,560  ±98) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.7% ±1.1% (1,793  ±743) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

139,474 ±55 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$437,500 ±$17,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.6% ±1.7% (32,199  ±4,668.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.5% ±4% (195,307  ±8,383.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
46.7% ±2.7% (97,536  ±5,589.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7% (19,517  ±4,135) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.6% ±0.6% (12,795  ±1,447) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,795 Total veterans ±1,447 11,673 Male ±1,365 1,122 Female ±557

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