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Asheboro, NC

27,580 Population
19.5 square miles 1,412.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,259 ±$2,295 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: $37,114 ±$571
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,197 ±$5,028 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: $65,565 ±$1,248
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.7% ±3.3% (5,298  ±900) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 14.8% 111,874 (±0.6% / ±4,842)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±3.7 (256,090  ±45,236) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 23.2 7,595,505 (±0.3 / ±140,772)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,884 ±516 Number of households
  • the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 317,045 ±1,376
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (26,745  ±94) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 2.4 758,248 (±0 / ±408)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.1% ±2.8% (604  ±194) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 9,357 (±0.5% / ±942)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,596 ±449 Number of housing units
  • the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 344,801 ±271
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$188,100 ±$22,062 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: $231,000 ±$2,939
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±2.6% (3,377  ±694.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 13.3% 103,502 (±0.6% / ±4,696.7)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.7% ±4.8% (15,807  ±1,041.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 88.9% 472,789 (±1.1% / ±5,734.2)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.1% ±2.5% (3,556  ±489.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 32.2% 171,313 (±0.6% / ±3,327.7)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.7% ±1.8% (3,234  ±486) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 9.9% 77,591
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±1.5% (1,499  ±305) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 6.1% 37,504 (±0.3% / ±1,679)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,499 Total veterans ±305 1,345 Male ±278 154 Female ±104

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