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Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, NC

140,529 Population
473.2 square miles 296.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$34,757 ±$2,734 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $38,701 ±$391
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$69,304 ±$4,003 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $67,481 ±$623
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

12.5% ±3.2% (17,121  ±4,424) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,329,157 (±0.3% / ±34,584)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22.3 minutes ±0.3 (1,241,670  ±55,772) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

50,841 ±2,763 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,299,266 ±15,150
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.7 ±0.2 (137,055  ±6,460) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,417,729
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5% ±3.3% (1,575  ±1,055) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 129,267 (±0.3% / ±6,987)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

65,352 ±3,185 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,892,627 ±1,041
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$352,600 ±$15,623 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $280,600 ±$2,083
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

7.7% ±1.7% (10,659  ±2,448.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,346,000 (±0.3% / ±33,890.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

92% ±4.3% (95,239  ±6,022.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,649,400 (±0.6% / ±43,783.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
39.5% ±3.3% (40,930  ±3,814.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.9% 2,647,999 (±0.4% / ±26,529.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

7.3% ±2.6% (9,556  ±3,431) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.3% 1,216,618 (±0.1% / ±11,036.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

6.7% ±1.9% (9,428  ±2,733) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% 916,787
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

5.8% ±1.3% (6,688  ±1,458) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.5% 620,969 (±0.2% / ±12,934)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
6,688 Total veterans ±1,458 5,962 Male ±1,152 726 Female ±543

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