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Census Tract 31.05, Buncombe, NC

3,784 Population
9.2 square miles 409.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.2 ±10.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Black Mountain: 58.4 ±5.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$50,554 ±$20,504 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Black Mountain: $52,875 † ±$10,682
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Buncombe County: $43,371 ±$1,377
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$76,652 ±$18,382 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Black Mountain: $77,042 † ±$17,162
  • a little higher than the amount in Buncombe County: $74,436 ±$2,206
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

10.5% ±4.3% (334  ±150) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Black Mountain: 5.9% † 492 (±2.3% / ±193)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,661 (±0.9% / ±2,348)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

20.1 minutes ±3.1 (23,015  ±7,115) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Black Mountain: 21.4 † 60,170 (±2.8 / ±13,411)
  • 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

1,173 ±176 Number of households
  • Black Mountain: 3,601 † ±360
  • Buncombe County: 101,855 ±2,041
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.4 (3,079  ±616) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Black Mountain: 2.3 † 8,304 (±0.2 / ±129)
  • about the same as 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

2.6% ±3.7% (21  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Black Mountain: 1.9% † 28 (±1.9% / ±29)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Buncombe County: 3.5% † 2,212 (±1% / ±639)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,960 ±197 Number of housing units
  • Black Mountain: 4,884 ±381
  • Buncombe County: 134,483 ±159
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$379,400 ±$93,241 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Black Mountain: $358,900 † ±$41,866
  • 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

18.2% ±9.2% (687  ±364.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Black Mountain: 12.5% † 1,054 (±5.3% / ±443.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Buncombe County: 11.3% 30,765 (±0.8% / ±2,065)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

90.4% ±24% (2,546  ±465.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Black Mountain: 93.3% † 6,717 (±11.4% / ±849.3)
  • 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)
53.7% ±9.6% (1,512  ±397.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Black Mountain: 56.3% † 4,050 (±9% / ±663)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 45.9% 94,094 (±1.3% / ±2,725.8)
  • about 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

0.5% ±0.5% (17  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Black Mountain: 2.5% † 210 (±1.3% / ±113)
  • 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

4% ±2% (138  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Black Mountain: 7.1% † 530 (±2.4% / ±182)
  • about two-thirds 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)
138 Total veterans ±72 121 Male ±69 17 Female ±19

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