In Buncombe County, North Carolina, which covers Asheville, we have measured 30,440 parcels on septic and 59,185 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Asheville on its own and this page does not estimate one.
Asheville is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 35.570972, -82.552725 and its land area at 45.48 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the city level, which is why every figure below is attributed to the county and linked back to the county page it came from.
| County | Records we hold | Parcels on septic | Parcels on sewer | County records portal | Searchable without an account |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buncombe County | 91,857 | 30,440 | 59,185 | county portal | no account needed |
Buncombe County, North Carolina is one of the more heavily documented counties in our collection: we hold 91,857 septic records for it, so the odds that a specific Asheville address already has a filed document we can point you at are good. The county is genuinely mixed: 30,440 of 89,625 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Asheville address falls on is worth establishing before anything else. The county publishes a records portal that we were able to search without creating an account, which makes checking a specific parcel something you can do yourself in a few minutes.
Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.
| If you are a | Go to | Because it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Homeowner | Septic pumping in Asheville | keeping the system you have working |
| Buyer or seller | Buying or selling in Asheville | what to pull and check before closing |
| Realtor | Buying or selling in Asheville | the same records a seller needs on file |
| Designer or engineer | Septic design in Asheville | design flow, tank capacity, dispersal sizing |
| Installer or contractor | Septic installation in Asheville | site evaluation, permit sequence, inspection |
| Septic pumper | Septic pumping in Asheville | tank access, lids and service interval |
| Inspector | Septic inspection in Asheville | what gets checked and what a failure means |
| Land investor | Septic installation in Asheville | whether raw land can take a system at all |
No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Buncombe County, North Carolina, which covers Asheville, we have measured 30,440 parcels on septic and 59,185 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Asheville on its own and this page does not estimate one.
Asheville is in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Asheville’s land area that falls in each. A ZIP is not a place boundary and the two only ever partly agree, which is exactly why both pages exist.
Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Asheville.
Parcel Perfect generates a code-shaped septic design and as-built style drawing for a parcel from the records and site data we hold, and shows every parcel we have classified as septic or sewer on one map. Both are open to use for any parcel in Buncombe County, North Carolina.