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Census Tract 9, Buncombe, NC

3,005 Population
1.8 square miles 1,658.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53 ±11.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Asheville: 40.7 ±1.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 42.6 ±0.2

Economics

$31,097 ±$10,501 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Asheville: $45,430 ±$2,602
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Buncombe County: $43,371 ±$1,377
$26,515 ±$12,574 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Asheville: $71,102 ±$3,950
  • about one-third of the amount in Buncombe County: $74,436 ±$2,206

43.1% ±7.2% (1,201  ±348) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Asheville: 14.3% † 13,011 (±1.8% / ±1,665)
  • more than double the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,661 (±0.9% / ±2,348)

13.4 minutes ±12.1 (9,405  ±4,296) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Asheville: 18.2 693,840 (±0.3 / ±36,041)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Buncombe County: 21.1 2,246,930 (±0.2 / ±62,673)

Families

1,294 ±261 Number of households
  • Asheville: 37,394 ±1,238
  • Buncombe County: 101,855 ±2,041
2.1 ±0.3 (2,701  ±658) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Asheville: 2.4 90,934 (±0.1 / ±56)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 266,975 (±0.1 / ±79)

3.6% ±8.5% (18  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Asheville: 3.5% † 823 (±2% / ±464)
  • a little higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 3.5% † 2,212 (±1% / ±639)

Housing

1,863 ±253 Number of housing units
  • Asheville: 50,034 ±941
  • Buncombe County: 134,483 ±159

$418,300 ±$62,250 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Asheville: $440,000 ±$13,277
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Buncombe County: $391,800 ±$8,308

13.6% ±4% (410  ±149) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Asheville: 15.6% † 14,632 (±1.6% / ±1,459)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 11.3% 30,765 (±0.8% / ±2,065)

Social

84.4% ±1.7% (2,074  ±442.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Asheville: 94.1% 68,384 (±3% / ±2,485.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 92.6% 189,827 (±1.9% / ±3,936.2)
38.5% ±10.1% (947  ±319.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Asheville: 53.4% 38,788 (±2.2% / ±1,739.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 45.9% 94,094 (±1.3% / ±2,725.8)

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

2% ±1.4% (61  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Asheville: 7% † 6,638 (±1.3% / ±1,237)
  • about one-third of the rate in Buncombe County: 6.8% 18,510

6.6% ±2.5% (172  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Asheville: 5.6% † 4,529 (±0.8% / ±624)
  • a little higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 6.3% 14,160 (±0.4% / ±982)
172 Total veterans ±76 144 Male ±66 28 Female ±34

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