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Buncombe County, North Carolina

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 9,920 returns moved into Buncombe County and 8,909 moved out, a net gain of 1,011 returns, or 8.7 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

BuncombeHendersonHaywoodMadisonGreenville, SCTransylvania

Farther away

BuncombeWakePalm Beach, FLCook, IL

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

On balance, Buncombe loses the most returns to Henderson County. The largest single source, Henderson County, supplied 7% of arriving returns. Movers from other states made up 65% of arrivals, above the 45% median of the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties. Moves in and out together equal 16.1% of Buncombe’s returns, more than the 13.8% median of these 285 counties.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

  1. Henderson1,093703−390
  2. Haywood475284−191
  3. Mecklenburg266292+26
  4. Madison328203−125
  5. Wake181232+51
  6. McDowell218146−72
  7. Greenville, SC187125−62
  8. Spartanburg, SC14970−79
  9. Transylvania9992−7
  10. Durham9880−18
  11. Guilford7884+6
  12. Charleston, SC7488+14

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 104 counties sent 20 or more returns each (63% of arrivals from within the US) and 82 received 20 or more (66% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 46% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was Multnomah, OR, 2,177 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Palm Beach, FL107139631
Pinellas, FL104163533
Cook, IL101144514
Los Angeles, CA921352,016
Miami-Dade, FL91142701
Travis, TX91145953
New Hanover89125282
Broward, FL87139662
Duval, FL86132368
Fulton, GA78123167
Jackson7611940
Watauga769063
Orange6993194
Hillsborough, FL68108533
Yancey6710223
Forsyth5990132
Sarasota, FL5880579
Kings, NY5869581
San Diego, CA57831,953
Burke577947
Departures: the next 20 destinations
CountyReturnsPeopleMiles
Rutherford11118837
Forsyth83126132
Jackson7310140
Yancey7310923
Washington, TN7111047
New Hanover7084282
Burke6610647
Fulton, GA6395167
Polk5810631
Orange5567194
Pinellas, FL5072533
Davidson, TN5061241
Catawba497374
Kings, NY4751581
Cook, IL4556514
Knox, TN458283
Brunswick4261267
New York, NY4145586
Gaston417479
Iredell415794

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

  1. Florida1,029
  2. South Carolina468
  3. Texas231
  4. California219
  5. Tennessee212
  6. Georgia158

Departures to

  1. South Carolina630
  2. Florida336
  3. Tennessee270
  4. Georgia138
  5. New York88
  6. Colorado80

Four filing years

9,8018,5192019–2010,3129,0102020–2110,3418,9812021–229,9208,9092022–23

InOut

Buncombe shows a net gain in every year shown; arrivals peaked in 2021–22 and departures in 2020–21. Earlier net rates per 1,000: +11.8 in 2019–20, +11.8 in 2020–21, +12.0 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

  • $68,891 Leaving
  • $85,869 Arriving
  • $91,112 Staying

Average adjusted gross income per return: non-moving returns reported the most, departing returns the least.

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