Where unemployment fell most across the Asheville market
the Asheville market · Data as of
· ALEX Intelligence
-1.1%12-month change in the county unemployment rate — Buncombe County
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County
12-month change
1
Buncombe County
-1.1%
2
Madison County
-0.9%
3
Haywood County
-0.3%
4
Transylvania County
-0.1%
5
Henderson County
-0.1%
Read this carefully: Percentage points, not seasonally adjusted. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.
Methodology
Source:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, July 2026 (county, seasonally unadjusted)
Measure
12-month change, ranked lowest first across Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, Transylvania, NC
(5 ranked in total).
Universe
Places below a 5,000-resident floor are excluded so a median computed on a handful of households cannot top the ranking.
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