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Buncombe County Schools, NC

223,723 Population
634.5 square miles 352.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Buncombe County: 42.7 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$41,022 ±$2,750 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Buncombe County: $41,450 ±$2,641
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
$70,654 ±$6,225 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Buncombe County: $71,525 ±$5,998
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547

11.3% ±2.6% (24,761  ±5,804) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 13.4% † 35,955 (±2.5% / ±6,812)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)

21.4 minutes ±0.4 (1,976,865  ±65,429) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 20.8 2,267,190 (±0.2 / ±61,275)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

84,865 ±3,685 Number of households
  • Buncombe County: 104,181 ±3,739
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
2.6 ±0.1 (218,204  ±4,655) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 268,114 (±0.1 / ±146)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524

3.3% ±1.4% (1,672  ±735) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Buncombe County: 3.2% † 2,077 (±1.2% / ±792)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)

Housing

111,130 ±2,371 Number of housing units
  • Buncombe County: 137,126 ±63
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649

$404,400 ±$19,701 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Buncombe County: $426,000 ±$18,134
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699

11.9% ±1.9% (26,365  ±4,145.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Buncombe County: 12.5% † 33,990 (±1.8% / ±4,761.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)

Social

93.2% ±4% (156,812  ±7,629.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Buncombe County: 93.7% 193,112 (±4% / ±8,369.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
45.2% ±3% (75,990  ±5,316.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 48.3% 99,680 (±2.9% / ±5,993.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)

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

7.4% ±1.4% (16,449  ±3,060) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 6.7% 18,504
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127

6.7% ±1.1% (12,208  ±2,084) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 6.5% † 14,638 (±1.3% / ±2,862)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
12,208 Total veterans ±2,084 10,647 Male ±1,875 1,561 Female ±766

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