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Avery Creek, North Carolina.

A community in Buncombe County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Buncombe County’s.

Living in Avery Creek, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Avery Creek, in Buncombe County, had 2,241 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $113,261 a year and half less, against $74,436 across Buncombe County; 1% of its people live below the poverty line. 94% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 6% are rented. Unemployment in Buncombe County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Buncombe County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 2,241 in the 2020 census
Household income $113,261 the median, give or take $11,670 · Buncombe County: $74,436
Unemployment 3.2% Buncombe County, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes 94% lived in by their owners; 6% rented
  • 736households
  • 1%below the poverty line
  • 17 mintypical commute

What people in Buncombe County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Buncombe County had 134,686 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 47° and 25°; warmest in July, 84° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 47° 25° F M A M J J 84° 63° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 47° and 25°; warmest in July, 84° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 47° 25° F M A M J J 84° 63° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 47° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 63°. About 9 inches of snow and 54 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fletcher West weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Buncombe County

  1. Buncombe County SchoolsSchool district3,445FTE
  2. Mission HospitalGeneral hospital3,371FTE
  3. Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs2,409
  4. County of BuncombeCommunity social service program administration1,665
  5. Biltmore Workforce ManagementHistorical sites1,388
  6. MB HaynesConstruction management, commercial and institutional building1,223
  7. Ingles MarketsGeneral warehousing and storage1,175
  8. EatonPanelboards, electric power distribution, manufacturing1,081

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 255 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 40,545 people in all across the county; Avery Creek has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Ice stormsRelatively high
  2. Cold wavesRelatively high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  5. DroughtRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Avery Creek’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Buncombe County.