Unemployment Rate in Buncombe County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.3%
Rank #1,483/3,222 · #34 in NC
54th
Buncombe 4.3%
NC 4.6% -7.6%
US 5.3% -19.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Buncombe County's unemployment rate of 4.3% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Buncombe County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,480 | Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 4.3% |
| #1,481 | Lancaster County, SC | 4.3% |
| #1,482 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | 4.3% |
| #1,483 | Buncombe County, NC | 4.3% |
| #1,484 | Uvalde County, TX | 4.3% |
| #1,485 | Wapello County, IA | 4.3% |
| #1,486 | Coos County, NH | 4.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Buncombe County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.3%, ranking #1,483 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 19.3% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #34 of 100. This places it in the 54th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.