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Census Tract 26.04, Buncombe, NC

6,963 Population
29.6 square miles 235.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Woodfin: 42.4 † ±4.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buncombe County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,689 ±$6,109 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Woodfin: $39,349 † ±$6,194
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Buncombe County: $43,371 ±$1,377
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$73,338 ±$10,306 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Woodfin: $71,384 † ±$11,820
  • 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

12.5% ±7.6% (869  ±549) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Woodfin: 14.1% † 1,041 (±4.9% / ±364)
  • a little higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,661 (±0.9% / ±2,348)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

29.9 minutes ±8.2 (79,900  ±14,127) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Woodfin: 22.8 † 72,110 (±4.8 / ±10,302)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Buncombe County: 21.1 2,246,930 (±0.2 / ±62,673)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,277 ±287 Number of households
  • Woodfin: 2,977 ±269
  • Buncombe County: 101,855 ±2,041
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
3 ±0.4 (6,853  ±1,262) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Woodfin: 2.5 7,342 (±0.2 / ±103)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 266,975 (±0.1 / ±79)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

8.7% ±9.2% (124  ±138) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Woodfin: 2.7% † 54 (±2.6% / ±53)
  • more than double the rate in Buncombe County: 3.5% † 2,212 (±1% / ±639)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,689 ±303 Number of housing units
  • Woodfin: 4,001 ±311
  • Buncombe County: 134,483 ±159
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$306,000 ±$40,513 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Woodfin: $366,700 † ±$39,174
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Buncombe County: $391,800 ±$8,308
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

7.5% ±3.7% (510  ±270.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Woodfin: 16.4% † 1,304 (±3.8% / ±302.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Buncombe County: 11.3% 30,765 (±0.8% / ±2,065)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

87.1% ±17.3% (4,329  ±601.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Woodfin: 90.4% 5,719 (±8% / ±589.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Buncombe County: 92.6% 189,827 (±1.9% / ±3,936.2)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
27.4% ±5.2% (1,360  ±320.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Woodfin: 45.9% † 2,905 (±6.4% / ±431.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Buncombe County: 45.9% 94,094 (±1.3% / ±2,725.8)
  • about three-quarters of 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

3.6% ±1.9% (253  ±142) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Woodfin: 11.4% † 919 (±3.4% / ±272)
  • about half the rate in Buncombe County: 6.8% 18,510
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7% ±2.9% (364  ±162) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Woodfin: 5.7% † 397 (±2.3% / ±162)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 6.3% 14,160 (±0.4% / ±982)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
364 Total veterans ±162 305 Male ±143 59 Female ±85

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