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Census Tract 23.03, Buncombe, NC

6,916 Population
7 square miles 993 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Avery Creek: 40.8 † ±11.7
  • about the same as the figure in Buncombe County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$50,923 ±$9,868 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Avery Creek: $42,626 † ±$12,737
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Buncombe County: $43,371 ±$1,377
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$93,021 ±$9,870 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Avery Creek: $113,261 † ±$11,670
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Buncombe County: $74,436 ±$2,206
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

2.1% ±1.7% (145  ±119) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Avery Creek: 1.4% † 40 (±2.2% / ±66)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,661 (±0.9% / ±2,348)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

19.7 minutes ±8.2 (63,680  ±17,538) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Avery Creek: 16.8 † 26,580 (±13.2 / ±14,360)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buncombe County: 21.1 2,246,930 (±0.2 / ±62,673)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,546 ±356 Number of households
  • Avery Creek: 736 † ±184
  • Buncombe County: 101,855 ±2,041
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.7 ±0.3 (6,916  ±1,304) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Avery Creek: 3.9 † 2,887 (±1.2 / ±1,115)
  • a little higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 266,975 (±0.1 / ±79)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.3% ±3% (62  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Avery Creek: 2.6% † 24 (±3.7% / ±36)
  • a little less than the rate in Buncombe County: 3.5% † 2,212 (±1% / ±639)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

3,605 ±370 Number of housing units
  • Avery Creek: 906 † ±231
  • Buncombe County: 134,483 ±159
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$397,300 ±$36,062 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Avery Creek: $412,900 † ±$44,773
  • about the same as the amount in Buncombe County: $391,800 ±$8,308
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

17.5% ±7.2% (1,198  ±539.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Avery Creek: 21.5% † 614 (±14.9% / ±486.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Buncombe County: 11.3% 30,765 (±0.8% / ±2,065)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

96.7% ±21% (4,864  ±710.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Avery Creek: 99.1% † 1,857 (±42.3% / ±482.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 92.6% 189,827 (±1.9% / ±3,936.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
48.3% ±3.4% (2,430  ±424.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Avery Creek: 38.6% † 723 (±18.3% / ±239.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 45.9% 94,094 (±1.3% / ±2,725.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

6.7% ±2.4% (461  ±189) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Avery Creek: 3% † 86 (±2.1% / ±70)
  • about the same as the rate in Buncombe County: 6.8% 18,510
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8.3% ±3.1% (465  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Avery Creek: 8.4% † 192 (±6% / ±154)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Buncombe County: 6.3% 14,160 (±0.4% / ±982)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
465 Total veterans ±192 422 Male ±168 43 Female ±48

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