The median income of Buncombe County residents was $28,525 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 107,479 households with a population of 256,886.
The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Wake County with $39,798 per year after adjusting for inflation – $11,273 more than Buncombe County. It had 400,172 households with a population of 1,069,079.
The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Washington County with $18,139 per year after adjusting for inflation – $10,386 less than Buncombe County. It had 4,977 households with a population of 11,922.
Top 100 counties by earnings per resident (2019)
| Rank | County | Earnings per resident |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County | $39,798 |
| 2 | Currituck County | $35,901 |
| 3 | Mecklenburg County | $35,339 |
| 4 | Union County | $34,405 |
| 5 | Durham County | $34,059 |
| 6 | Camden County | $33,651 |
| 7 | Cabarrus County | $32,366 |
| 8 | Chatham County | $32,024 |
| 9 | Orange County | $31,605 |
| 10 | Moore County | $31,217 |
| 11 | Dare County | $30,728 |
| 12 | Lincoln County | $30,413 |
| 13 | Johnston County | $30,254 |
| 14 | Iredell County | $30,102 |
| 15 | Davie County | $30,029 |
| 16 | Henderson County | $29,652 |
| 17 | New Hanover County | $29,520 |
| 18 | Forsyth County | $29,380 |
| 19 | Franklin County | $29,127 |
| 20 | Carteret County | $29,053 |
| 21 | Guilford County | $28,890 |
| 22 | Buncombe County | $28,525 |
| 23 | Person County | $28,355 |
| 24 | Gates County | $28,354 |
| 25 | Brunswick County | $28,184 |
| 26 | Catawba County | $27,887 |
| 27 | Alamance County | $27,734 |
| 28 | Craven County | $27,714 |
| 29 | Granville County | $27,413 |
| 30 | Harnett County | $27,340 |
| 31 | Chowan County | $27,338 |
| 32 | Pender County | $27,265 |
| 33 | Haywood County | $27,234 |
| 34 | Gaston County | $27,099 |
| 35 | Davidson County | $27,077 |
| 36 | Stokes County | $26,907 |
| 37 | Pasquotank County | $26,855 |
| 38 | Stanly County | $26,826 |
| 39 | Polk County | $26,725 |
| 40 | Cumberland County | $26,713 |
| 41 | Rowan County | $26,346 |
| 42 | Yadkin County | $26,335 |
| 43 | Clay County | $26,318 |
| 44 | Hoke County | $26,299 |
| 45 | Transylvania County | $26,010 |
| 46 | Nash County | $25,978 |
| 47 | Randolph County | $25,976 |
| 48 | Perquimans County | $25,800 |
| 49 | Lee County | $25,799 |
| 50 | Alexander County | $25,797 |
| 51 | Beaufort County | $25,665 |
| 52 | Macon County | $25,439 |
| 53 | Pitt County | $25,313 |
| 54 | Wayne County | $25,285 |
| 55 | Onslow County | $25,209 |
| 56 | Madison County | $25,148 |
| 57 | Mitchell County | $25,087 |
| 58 | Yancey County | $25,083 |
| 59 | Wilson County | $24,755 |
| 60 | Surry County | $24,505 |
| 61 | Rockingham County | $24,465 |
| 62 | McDowell County | $24,450 |
| 63 | Caswell County | $24,309 |
| 64 | Pamlico County | $24,135 |
| 65 | Ashe County | $24,071 |
| 66 | Wilkes County | $23,989 |
| 67 | Montgomery County | $23,955 |
| 68 | Burke County | $23,880 |
| 69 | Caldwell County | $23,742 |
| 70 | Cleveland County | $23,432 |
| 71 | Rutherford County | $23,142 |
| 72 | Lenoir County | $22,957 |
| 73 | Martin County | $22,952 |
| 74 | Cherokee County | $22,947 |
| 75 | Sampson County | $22,516 |
| 76 | Anson County | $22,474 |
| 77 | Bladen County | $22,298 |
| 78 | Columbus County | $22,271 |
| 79 | Northampton County | $22,203 |
| 80 | Jones County | $22,170 |
| 81 | Vance County | $22,006 |
| 82 | Greene County | $22,002 |
| 83 | Jackson County | $21,959 |
| 84 | Edgecombe County | $21,874 |
| 85 | Warren County | $21,858 |
| 86 | Scotland County | $21,543 |
| 87 | Hertford County | $21,356 |
| 88 | Duplin County | $21,302 |
| 89 | Swain County | $21,291 |
| 90 | Robeson County | $21,284 |
| 91 | Richmond County | $21,211 |
| 92 | Hyde County | $20,806 |
| 93 | Alleghany County | $20,795 |
| 94 | Halifax County | $20,754 |
| 95 | Avery County | $20,407 |
| 96 | Graham County | $20,279 |
| 97 | Watauga County | $19,690 |
| 98 | Tyrrell County | $19,358 |
| 99 | Bertie County | $19,215 |
| 100 | Washington County | $18,139 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
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