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Census Tract 27.02, Buncombe, NC

5,252 Population
6.5 square miles 804.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.9 ±5.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Weaverville: 54.8 † ±9.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$46,747 ±$8,876 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Weaverville: $52,476 † ±$9,799
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Buncombe County: $43,371 ±$1,377
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$85,568 ±$21,661 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Weaverville: $88,221 † ±$30,215
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Buncombe County: $74,436 ±$2,206
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

6.8% ±3.1% (348  ±166) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Weaverville: 4.2% † 192 (±2.4% / ±107)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,661 (±0.9% / ±2,348)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

19.9 minutes ±2 (41,565  ±13,216) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Weaverville: 19.1 35,435 (±0.7 / ±8,729)
  • a little less than 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

2,086 ±330 Number of households
  • Weaverville: 2,003 † ±200
  • Buncombe County: 101,855 ±2,041
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.6 (5,138  ±797) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Weaverville: 2.3 † 4,573 (±0.2 / ±18)
  • a little less than the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 266,975 (±0.1 / ±79)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.6% ±3.5% (38  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Weaverville: 2.7% † 28 (±3.3% / ±35)
  • a little higher 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

2,391 ±296 Number of housing units
  • Weaverville: 2,502 ±246
  • Buncombe County: 134,483 ±159
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$462,600 ±$38,674 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Weaverville: $463,700 ±$33,819
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Buncombe County: $391,800 ±$8,308
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

18.4% ±11.9% (943  ±622.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Weaverville: 20.6% † 954 (±13.2% / ±610.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Buncombe County: 11.3% 30,765 (±0.8% / ±2,065)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

97.3% ±9.2% (4,292  ±776.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Weaverville: 98.4% † 3,798 (±16% / ±679.2)
  • 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)
59.7% ±9.7% (2,631  ±590.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Weaverville: 64% † 2,470 (±14.2% / ±577.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Buncombe County: 45.9% 94,094 (±1.3% / ±2,725.8)
  • more than 1.5 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

3.1% ±1.7% (163  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Weaverville: 3.9% † 182 (±2.4% / ±111)
  • about half the rate in Buncombe County: 6.8% 18,510
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8.3% ±6.6% (379  ±305) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Weaverville: 8.3% † 332 (±6.6% / ±265)
  • 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)
379 Total veterans ±305 341 Male ±300 38 Female ±61

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