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Census Tract 31.07, Buncombe, NC

3,613 Population
4.4 square miles 824.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±10.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Black Mountain: 58.4 ±5.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$41,596 ±$8,090 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Black Mountain: $52,875 † ±$10,682
  • 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
$84,519 ±$27,625 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Black Mountain: $77,042 † ±$17,162
  • about 10 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

8.9% ±5.4% (319  ±199) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Black Mountain: 5.9% † 492 (±2.3% / ±193)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,661 (±0.9% / ±2,348)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.5 minutes ±5.5 (30,365  ±12,088) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Black Mountain: 21.4 † 60,170 (±2.8 / ±13,411)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 21.1 2,246,930 (±0.2 / ±62,673)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,500 ±321 Number of households
  • Black Mountain: 3,601 † ±360
  • Buncombe County: 101,855 ±2,041
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.7 (3,613  ±620) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Black Mountain: 2.3 † 8,304 (±0.2 / ±129)
  • about 90 percent of 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% ±3.9% (25  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Black Mountain: 1.9% † 28 (±1.9% / ±29)
  • 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

2,239 ±332 Number of housing units
  • Black Mountain: 4,884 ±381
  • Buncombe County: 134,483 ±159
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$332,300 ±$69,369 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Black Mountain: $358,900 † ±$41,866
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Buncombe County: $391,800 ±$8,308
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

11.4% ±8.6% (409  ±314.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Black Mountain: 12.5% † 1,054 (±5.3% / ±443.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Buncombe County: 11.3% 30,765 (±0.8% / ±2,065)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

95.8% ±6.1% (2,796  ±609.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Black Mountain: 93.3% † 6,717 (±11.4% / ±849.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 92.6% 189,827 (±1.9% / ±3,936.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
61.8% ±13.6% (1,805  ±547.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Black Mountain: 56.3% † 4,050 (±9% / ±663)
  • about 1.4 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

5.4% ±3.3% (194  ±125) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Black Mountain: 2.5% † 210 (±1.3% / ±113)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 6.8% 18,510
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.2% ±2.6% (154  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Black Mountain: 7.1% † 530 (±2.4% / ±182)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 6.3% 14,160 (±0.4% / ±982)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
154 Total veterans ±84 154 Male ±84 N/A Female ±14

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