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Buncombe County, North Carolina
Buncombe County sits in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, centered on Asheville, with smaller mountain towns like Black Mountain and Weaverville ringing the French Broad River valley. Tourism, healthcare, and craft breweries anchor the economy, and post-Helene rebuilding has reshaped the market, with floodplain remapping and steep-slope development ordinances now central to what can be built or insured along the river corridors.
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Buncombe County at a glance
- 279,000Population (2024)
- AshevilleCounty seat
- 656 sq miLand area
- 425 / sq miDensity
- $74,000Median household income
- $390,000Median home value
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- City Boundaries: 6
- School Boundaries - Elementary: 21
- School Boundaries: 1
- Residential: 728
- Zoning: 53
- Traffic Counts: 231
- Congressional Districts: 1
- County Commissioner Districts: 3
- County Townships: 27
- Emergency Services: 4
- Flood Zones: 2
- HUD: 54
- Opportunity Zones: 5
- Parks & Golf: 45
- Public Municipal Stormwater Systems: 4
- Sanitation Districts Asheville: 4
- Schools: 50
- Soils: 223
- State House Districts: 7
- State Senate Districts: 5
- Zip Codes: 17
- Development News: 3
Cities and towns in Buncombe County
Asheville, Biltmore Forest, Black Mountain, Montreat, Weaverville, Woodfin.
Neighboring counties
- Madison County, NC · map
- Henderson County, NC · map
- Yancey County, NC · map
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