← Buncombe County annual finances
2025
| Fiscal year | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Population | 279533 |
| Revenues | $664,787,533 |
| Property taxes | $275,362,221 |
| Sales tax | $132,417,525 |
| Other taxes | $82,818,682 |
| Sales and services | $38,747,298 |
| Intergovernmental | $86,414,294 |
| Debt proceeds | $23,003,341 |
| Other revenue | $26,024,172 |
| Expenditures | $711,640,242 |
| Education | $198,445,058 |
| Public safety | $171,233,493 |
| Human services | $98,006,050 |
| General government | $101,641,412 |
| Debt service | $62,376,642 |
| Other spending | $79,937,587 |
| Salaries and wages | $132,089,540 |
| Capital outlay | $43,620,659 |
| General fund revenues | $419,068,462 |
| General fund expenditures | $422,111,370 |
| Fund balance available | $79,329,002 |
| Fund balance, % of general-fund spending | 18.8 |
| State average, % | 47.7 |
| Cash and investments, June 30 | $230,384,220 |
| Assessed valuation | $52,819,129,262 |
| Latest revaluation | 2021 |
| Tax rate per $100 | 0.5176 |
| State average rate | 0.5538 |
| Taxes collected, % | 99.4 |
| Taxes uncollected | $1,518,536 |
| General-obligation debt | $16,390,000 |
| GO debt per resident | 59 |
| Installment and lease debt | $343,413,000 |
| Authorized, not issued | $55,270,000 |
| Moody's rating | Aaa |
| S&P rating | AAA |
| Source | Open |
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