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Per capita personal income in Buncombe County

Per capita personal income in Buncombe County was $70,623 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 5.8% from 2023. That is the 10th highest of 100 counties in 2024.

2024, USD70,623
Change on 2023+5.8%
Rank10th of 100Counties in North Carolina ranked
Series high70,6232024
Series low3,0901969

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Per capita personal income in Buncombe County, 1969 to 2024

020K40K60K80K196919771985199320012009201720241969: 3,090 USD1970: 3,302 USD1971: 3,561 USD1972: 4,010 USD1973: 4,495 USD1974: 4,875 USD1975: 5,157 USD1976: 5,692 USD1977: 6,277 USD1978: 6,921 USD1979: 7,587 USD1980: 8,507 USD1981: 9,433 USD1982: 9,931 USD1983: 10,803 USD1984: 11,914 USD1985: 12,677 USD1986: 13,397 USD1987: 14,205 USD1988: 15,479 USD1989: 16,901 USD1990: 17,965 USD1991: 18,541 USD1992: 19,416 USD1993: 20,277 USD1994: 20,915 USD1995: 22,138 USD1996: 22,854 USD1997: 24,254 USD1998: 25,622 USD1999: 26,061 USD2000: 26,931 USD2001: 27,882 USD2002: 28,033 USD2003: 28,282 USD2004: 30,030 USD2005: 31,203 USD2006: 33,685 USD2007: 35,126 USD2008: 35,979 USD2009: 34,309 USD2010: 34,729 USD2011: 36,017 USD2012: 37,814 USD2013: 37,399 USD2014: 39,872 USD2015: 41,909 USD2016: 43,186 USD2017: 45,077 USD2018: 47,524 USD2019: 50,441 USD2020: 53,068 USD2021: 59,315 USD2022: 62,220 USD2023: 66,776 USD2024: 70,623 USD020K40K60K80K19691988200720241969: 3,090 USD1970: 3,302 USD1971: 3,561 USD1972: 4,010 USD1973: 4,495 USD1974: 4,875 USD1975: 5,157 USD1976: 5,692 USD1977: 6,277 USD1978: 6,921 USD1979: 7,587 USD1980: 8,507 USD1981: 9,433 USD1982: 9,931 USD1983: 10,803 USD1984: 11,914 USD1985: 12,677 USD1986: 13,397 USD1987: 14,205 USD1988: 15,479 USD1989: 16,901 USD1990: 17,965 USD1991: 18,541 USD1992: 19,416 USD1993: 20,277 USD1994: 20,915 USD1995: 22,138 USD1996: 22,854 USD1997: 24,254 USD1998: 25,622 USD1999: 26,061 USD2000: 26,931 USD2001: 27,882 USD2002: 28,033 USD2003: 28,282 USD2004: 30,030 USD2005: 31,203 USD2006: 33,685 USD2007: 35,126 USD2008: 35,979 USD2009: 34,309 USD2010: 34,729 USD2011: 36,017 USD2012: 37,814 USD2013: 37,399 USD2014: 39,872 USD2015: 41,909 USD2016: 43,186 USD2017: 45,077 USD2018: 47,524 USD2019: 50,441 USD2020: 53,068 USD2021: 59,315 USD2022: 62,220 USD2023: 66,776 USD2024: 70,623 USD
USD. Source: BEA, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2026-02-05.
All 56 values
PeriodUSD
202470,623
202366,776
202262,220
202159,315
202053,068
201950,441
201847,524
201745,077
201643,186
201541,909
201439,872
201337,399
201237,814
201136,017
201034,729
200934,309
200835,979
200735,126
200633,685
200531,203
200430,030
200328,282
200228,033
200127,882
200026,931
199926,061
199825,622
199724,254
199622,854
199522,138
199420,915
199320,277
199219,416
199118,541
199017,965
198916,901
198815,479
198714,205
198613,397
198512,677
198411,914
198310,803
19829,931
19819,433
19808,507
19797,587
19786,921
19776,277
19765,692
19755,157
19744,875
19734,495
19724,010
19713,561
19703,302
19693,090

Compared with North Carolina and United States

Place2024
Buncombe County70,623
North Carolina65,247
United States73,634

Buncombe County compared with nearby places

Alamance County: 54,218 USDAlexander County: 53,459 USDAlleghany County: 51,809 USDAnson County: 55,451 USDAshe County: 51,489 USDAvery County: 53,895 USDBeaufort County: 62,010 USDBertie County: 53,853 USDBladen County: 54,352 USDBrunswick County: 64,262 USDBuncombe County: 70,623 USDBurke County: 51,046 USDCabarrus County: 61,113 USDCaldwell County: 50,611 USDCamden County: 62,549 USDCarteret County: 74,177 USDCaswell County: 48,203 USDCatawba County: 60,366 USDChatham County: 91,638 USDCherokee County: 45,135 USDChowan County: 57,700 USDClay County: 50,528 USDCleveland County: 51,181 USDColumbus County: 48,989 USDCraven County: 61,929 USDCumberland County: 52,382 USDCurrituck County: 65,005 USDDare County: 83,613 USDDavidson County: 53,998 USDDavie County: 67,760 USDDuplin County: 58,319 USDDurham County: 69,077 USDEdgecombe County: 50,111 USDForsyth County: 63,989 USDFranklin County: 52,112 USDGaston County: 55,398 USDGates County: 55,934 USDGraham County: 47,641 USDGranville County: 54,829 USDGreene County: 42,879 USDGuilford County: 63,665 USDHalifax County: 50,594 USDHarnett County: 50,128 USDHaywood County: 58,464 USDHenderson County: 63,668 USDHertford County: 49,820 USDHoke County: 46,122 USDHyde County: 56,767 USDIredell County: 70,112 USDJackson County: 49,869 USDJohnston County: 55,335 USDJones County: 53,974 USDLee County: 57,393 USDLenoir County: 56,998 USDLincoln County: 64,836 USDMcDowell County: 50,502 USDMacon County: 55,969 USDMadison County: 50,927 USDMartin County: 46,890 USDMecklenburg County: 86,098 USDMitchell County: 50,776 USDMontgomery County: 50,197 USDMoore County: 72,920 USDNash County: 56,141 USDNew Hanover County: 69,666 USDNorthampton County: 52,819 USDOnslow County: 57,450 USDOrange County: 87,778 USDPamlico County: 59,634 USDPasquotank County: 53,928 USDPender County: 56,586 USDPerquimans County: 58,932 USDPerson County: 52,765 USDPitt County: 58,766 USDPolk County: 72,236 USDRandolph County: 51,934 USDRichmond County: 51,502 USDRobeson County: 46,550 USDRockingham County: 50,840 USDRowan County: 51,712 USDRutherford County: 47,500 USDSampson County: 50,934 USDScotland County: 47,747 USDStanly County: 54,224 USDStokes County: 52,304 USDSurry County: 54,267 USDSwain County: 59,665 USDTransylvania County: 64,641 USDTyrrell County: 46,999 USDUnion County: 76,528 USDVance County: 49,403 USDWake County: 85,573 USDWarren County: 40,932 USDWashington County: 50,780 USDWatauga County: 56,442 USDWayne County: 53,955 USDWilkes County: 52,892 USDWilson County: 54,929 USDYadkin County: 53,881 USDYancey County: 48,908 USD
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Per capita personal income, 2024, USD. Buncombe County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Personal income of the residents of a place divided by its resident population at mid-year, in current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, tables SAINC1 for the nation and states and CAINC1 for counties.

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  • Personal income is income from work, own businesses, property and government benefits, before income taxes.

An average, not a median: high incomes pull it up. It includes employer contributions to pensions and health insurance and government benefits, so it is higher than wages or household cash income. For the typical household use median_household_income. Not the same as gdp_per_capita_usd.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents (Per capita personal income, Buncombe County, 1969 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip

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CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents, Per capita personal income, Buncombe County, 1969 to 2024. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/per-capita-personal-income/buncombe-county-north-carolina. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. Per capita personal income, Buncombe County, 1969 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/per-capita-personal-income/buncombe-county-north-carolina.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents, Per capita personal income, Buncombe County, 1969 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/per-capita-personal-income/buncombe-county-north-carolina (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

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What is the per capita personal income in Buncombe County?

Per capita personal income in Buncombe County was $70,623 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 5.8% from 2023. That is the 10th highest of 100 counties in 2024.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest per capita personal income in Buncombe County?

$70,623 in 2024, the highest value since 1969 in this series.

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