Buncombe County, North Carolina Basics:
Buncombe County North Carolina - Government Site
Population: 244,461
Area: 657 square miles
County seat: Asheville
Area code(s) in use: 828
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 32.7%
Median household income: $44,206
Persons in poverty: 16.8%
Home ownership rate: 65.3%
Mean travel time to work: 20.8 minutes
Adjacent counties:
Haywood Henderson Madison McDowell Rutherford Transylvania Yancey