← Buncombe County annual finances
2024
| Fiscal year | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Population | 277047 |
| Revenues | $716,246,856 |
| Property taxes | $257,239,338 |
| Sales tax | $133,268,123 |
| Other taxes | $93,102,337 |
| Sales and services | $37,890,358 |
| Intergovernmental | $81,215,485 |
| Debt proceeds | $84,060,179 |
| Other revenue | $29,471,036 |
| Expenditures | $667,033,485 |
| Education | $197,033,173 |
| Public safety | $149,764,627 |
| Human services | $102,901,789 |
| General government | $80,897,004 |
| Debt service | $56,488,186 |
| Other spending | $79,948,706 |
| Salaries and wages | $126,062,920 |
| Capital outlay | $32,446,023 |
| General fund revenues | $406,010,643 |
| General fund expenditures | $416,293,947 |
| Fund balance available | $79,671,374 |
| Fund balance, % of general-fund spending | 18.8 |
| State average, % | 47.6 |
| Cash and investments, June 30 | $259,975,070 |
| Assessed valuation | $51,328,895,764 |
| Latest revaluation | 2021 |
| Tax rate per $100 | 0.498 |
| State average rate | 0.5777 |
| Taxes collected, % | 99.8 |
| Taxes uncollected | $570,866 |
| General-obligation debt | $19,530,000 |
| GO debt per resident | 70 |
| Installment and lease debt | $385,362,000 |
| Authorized, not issued | $55,270,000 |
| Moody's rating | Aaa |
| S&P rating | AAA |
| Source | Open |
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