ZIP codes in Buncombe County
28 ZIPs touch Buncombe County, North Carolina. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.
28
ZIP codes
9
cross the county line
343,464
people in these ZIPs
100
counties in NC
Most people
Buncombe County ZIP list
More counties in North Carolina
- Ashe County13
- Avery County13
- Beaufort County15
- Bertie County10
- Bladen County18
- Brunswick County15
- Burke County19
- Cabarrus County18
- Caldwell County12
- Camden County5
- Carteret County19
- Caswell County16
Questions people actually ask
How many ZIP codes are in Buncombe County, North Carolina?
28 ZIP codes reach into Buncombe County, including 8 PO Box or single-address ZIPs placed by the town they serve. 9 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.
Which ZIP code in Buncombe County has the most people?
28806 (Asheville) has about 43,433 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Buncombe County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
Can a ZIP code be in Buncombe County and another county?
Yes. ZIP codes follow mail routes, not county lines. Rows marked with a percentage show how much of that ZIP’s land is in Buncombe County. For one address, pin the exact spot on the ZIP finder to see its county.
Where does this list come from?
ZIP areas and their county overlaps come from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file. PO Box ZIPs have no area, so each is placed in the county of the ZIP area nearest the town it serves.
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Updated 2026-11-10 · Where the data comes from