North Carolina · FIPS 37021
Buncombe County, NC
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Buncombe County is home to 271,790 residents with a median household income of $70,578 and a median home value of $360,000. 64.4% of households own their home and 11.8% of residents live below the poverty line.
- Population
- 271,790Buncombe County residents
- Median household income
- $70,578Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $360,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,281Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 42.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 64.4%Owner-occupied households
ZIP codes in Buncombe County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Buncombe County.
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What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Nearby counties
Other counties in North Carolina.