Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Census Tract 26.07, Buncombe, NC

4,746 Population
6.3 square miles 751 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

41.9 ±8.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Woodfin: 42.4 † ±4.3
  • 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

$40,825 ±$6,813 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Woodfin: $39,349 † ±$6,194
  • a little less than the amount in Buncombe County: $43,371 ±$1,377
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$95,481 ±$24,178 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Woodfin: $71,384 † ±$11,820
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Buncombe County: $74,436 ±$2,206
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

8% ±4.3% (380  ±214) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Woodfin: 14.1% † 1,041 (±4.9% / ±364)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,661 (±0.9% / ±2,348)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

22 minutes ±6.7 (44,465  ±9,294) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Woodfin: 22.8 † 72,110 (±4.8 / ±10,302)
  • a little higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 21.1 2,246,930 (±0.2 / ±62,673)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,645 ±210 Number of households
  • Woodfin: 2,977 ±269
  • Buncombe County: 101,855 ±2,041
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.9 ±0.3 (4,742  ±740) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Woodfin: 2.5 7,342 (±0.2 / ±103)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 266,975 (±0.1 / ±79)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

6% ±5% (62  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Woodfin: 2.7% † 54 (±2.6% / ±53)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Buncombe County: 3.5% † 2,212 (±1% / ±639)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,919 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Woodfin: 4,001 ±311
  • Buncombe County: 134,483 ±159
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$371,500 ±$22,604 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Woodfin: $366,700 † ±$39,174
  • a little less than the amount in Buncombe County: $391,800 ±$8,308
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

6.2% ±3.5% (286  ±167.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Woodfin: 16.4% † 1,304 (±3.8% / ±302.8)
  • about half the rate in Buncombe County: 11.3% 30,765 (±0.8% / ±2,065)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

96.8% ±21.5% (3,441  ±537.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Woodfin: 90.4% 5,719 (±8% / ±589.3)
  • 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)
49.3% ±6.1% (1,753  ±352.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Woodfin: 45.9% † 2,905 (±6.4% / ±431.8)
  • about 10 percent 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

7.5% ±5.7% (355  ±278) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Woodfin: 11.4% † 919 (±3.4% / ±272)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 6.8% 18,510
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

3.9% ±2.2% (150  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Woodfin: 5.7% † 397 (±2.3% / ±162)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Buncombe County: 6.3% 14,160 (±0.4% / ±982)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
150 Total veterans ±85 150 Male ±85 N/A Female ±14

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.