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Census Tract 25.04, Buncombe, NC

5,377 Population
11.8 square miles 456.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±7.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Buncombe County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,445 ±$7,127 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Buncombe County: $43,371 ±$1,377
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,667 ±$19,524 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Buncombe County: $74,436 ±$2,206
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±5.2% (474  ±288) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,661 (±0.9% / ±2,348)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.5 minutes ±0.8 (63,915  ±16,746) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 21.1 2,246,930 (±0.2 / ±62,673)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,980 ±255 Number of households
  • Buncombe County: 101,855 ±2,041
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (5,351  ±861) Persons per household
  • 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
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±6% (65  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Buncombe County: 3.5% † 2,212 (±1% / ±639)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,257 ±247 Number of housing units
  • Buncombe County: 134,483 ±159
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$329,300 ±$36,202 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Buncombe County: $391,800 ±$8,308
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±5.4% (515  ±298.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 11.3% 30,765 (±0.8% / ±2,065)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±7.5% (3,684  ±618.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Buncombe County: 92.6% 189,827 (±1.9% / ±3,936.2)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.9% ±6.7% (1,171  ±321.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Buncombe County: 45.9% 94,094 (±1.3% / ±2,725.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.3% ±0.5% (17  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 6.8% 18,510
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.7% ±4.1% (466  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Buncombe County: 6.3% 14,160 (±0.4% / ±982)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
466 Total veterans ±193 466 Male ±193 N/A Female ±19

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