Buncombe, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Buncombe village is a very small community in Illinois, with 341 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1049 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 28% of them. The median age here is 26.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Buncombe village earn a median of $62,500 a year, 20.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 16.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Buncombe village is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 79.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

A median age of 26.2 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address. With 341 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Buncombe village against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld home value, gross rent for Buncombe village because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.