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Census Tract 30.02, Buncombe, NC

10,257 Population
19.1 square miles 537 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Swannanoa: 37.1 † ±5
  • 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

Economics

$28,029 ±$3,576 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Swannanoa: $25,414 † ±$4,440
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Buncombe County: $43,371 ±$1,377
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$75,038 ±$14,439 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Swannanoa: $69,760 † ±$11,858
  • about the same as the amount in Buncombe County: $74,436 ±$2,206
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

14.3% ±7.1% (1,426  ±749) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Swannanoa: 16.8% † 1,086 (±9.5% / ±642)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,661 (±0.9% / ±2,348)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

18.1 minutes ±7 (62,820  ±15,445) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Swannanoa: 18.9 † 35,925 (±6.9 / ±8,611)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buncombe County: 21.1 2,246,930 (±0.2 / ±62,673)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,827 ±417 Number of households
  • Swannanoa: 1,834 † ±310
  • Buncombe County: 101,855 ±2,041
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
3.5 ±0.3 (9,942  ±1,722) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Swannanoa: 3.5 † 6,448 (±0.8 / ±1,072)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 266,975 (±0.1 / ±79)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

8.7% ±7.8% (198  ±186) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Swannanoa: 11.7% † 189 (±11% / ±183)
  • 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

3,501 ±410 Number of housing units
  • Swannanoa: 2,298 † ±380
  • Buncombe County: 134,483 ±159
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$294,200 ±$32,424 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Swannanoa: $287,500 ±$27,857
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Buncombe County: $391,800 ±$8,308
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

6.9% ±2.5% (691  ±274.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Swannanoa: 9.7% † 651 (±3.6% / ±263.2)
  • about three-fifths of 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

75.2% ±20.2% (5,638  ±1,018.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Swannanoa: 74.2% 3,578 (±4% / ±586.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 92.6% 189,827 (±1.9% / ±3,936.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
28.7% ±1.9% (2,149  ±448.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Swannanoa: 27.4% † 1,322 (±5.9% / ±349.5)
  • 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)

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

11.8% ±2.1% (1,214  ±296) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Swannanoa: 15.8% † 1,091 (±3.5% / ±295)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Buncombe County: 6.8% 18,510
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.7% ±3.9% (544  ±336) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Swannanoa: 8.1% † 427 (±5% / ±271)
  • a little higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 6.3% 14,160 (±0.4% / ±982)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
544 Total veterans ±336 501 Male ±332 43 Female ±45

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