Buncombe County, NC Property & Market Data

Buncombe County, North Carolina has 134,908 parcels tracked in the Rippleffekt property database, 100% of them mapped to a precise location, a median household income of $78,993, and an unemployment rate of 3.5%.

Buncombe County at a glance

Rippleffekt tracks 134,908 parcels in Buncombe County, North Carolina. The figures below combine county assessor coverage with federal economic data for the county.

134,908
Parcels tracked
100%
Mapped to location
134,908 parcels
656 sq mi
Land area
205.5 per sq mi
Parcel density
$78,993
Median household income
3.5%
Unemployment rate

Tax lien activity

Public tax-lien records on file for Buncombe County. Delinquent tax liens can signal distressed or motivated ownership.

10,097
Tax lien records
$2,841,808
Total amount due
$282
Average per lien

North Carolina commercial real estate lending

Statewide commercial real estate lending context from FFIEC bank call reports as of 2024-12-31. This reflects the broader North Carolina lending environment, not Buncombe County alone.

40
Banks reporting
$539.9B
Real estate loans
$138.1B
Nonresidential CRE loans

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Sources: county assessor records, U.S. Census ACS and SAIPE, FFIEC bank call reports, and public tax-lien records. Updated 2026-07-29.